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.   Early literature
B.   An attempt to explain why things happen
C.   Something that isn't true or has been disproved
D.   An early form of science
E.   A moral guide
Question #2
These English words come from myths
A.   truth and lie
B.   shop 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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
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.   History and Myth
C.   Morality and Myth
D.   The Civic Myth
E.   Time and Myth

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