Humanities 115 - World Mythology » Winter 2023 » Quiz on Introduction to Mythology

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Question #1
Which of the following is NOT a part of the definition of "myth" according to Parallel Myths?
A.   An early form of science
B.   An attempt to explain why things happen
C.   Early literature
D.   A moral guide
E.   Something that isn't true or has been disproved
Question #2
These English words come from myths
A.   shop and lie
B.   truth and lie
C.   museum and chaos
Question #3
In order to make sense of myths, there are two primarily different ways of conceptualizing history and they are A. Moving in a straight line forward (from past to present), and B. Moving in a straight line backward (from present to past).
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
The U.S. wide open frontier and the French intellectual might be examples of (pick which one fits best from the book)…
A.   The Sense of the Sacred
B.   Time and Myth
C.   Morality and Myth
D.   History and Myth
E.   The Civic Myth

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