Final Exam Review

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Which of the following statements is a good definition of a myth?

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A myth is a story that reveals cultural beliefs and values through the explanation of natural phenomena.

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In the Iroquois myth “The World on the Turtle’s Back,” what is the main purpose of the story?

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To describe how the Iroquois believed the earth was created.

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What does the Iroquois myth “The World on the Turtle’s Back” show about how Native Americans feel about nature and animals?

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The Iroquois respect nature and see animals as worthy of admiration.

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What is the main message or theme that might be gotten from the story “Coyote and the Buffalo”?

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Don’t be greedy.

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Which Puritan Belief is the following? All people inherited Adam and Eve’s original sin of disobeying God in the Garden of Eden, and, so, are sinners themselves.

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Original Sin

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Which Puritan Belief is the following? God knows, from the beginning of time, who will go to hell and who will go to heaven.

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Predestination

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Which Puritan Belief is the following? All wicked people will be punished by being sent to hell forever.

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Eternal Punishment

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What was Jonathan Edward’s reason for writing “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”?

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He was trying to scare the “unsaved” people in the congregation back to God.

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What point is Edwards emphasizing in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” when he says: “you have nothing to stand upon, nor anything to take a hold of; there is nothing between you and hell but the air; it is only the power and the mere pleasure of God that holds you up” ?

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People’s powerlessness in comparison to God.

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In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Edwards compares the wrath of God to a bow that “is bent, and the arrow is made ready on the string.” By this, Edwards means that God is:

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poised to strike down sinners in the congregation.