Eng 7 - Final Exam 2022-2023

Which of these theories claims that myths are distorted accounts of real historical events?

• Euhemerism

• Allegory

• Personification

• Myth-ritual Theory

According to this theory of mythopoeic thought, the ancients tend to view things as persons, not as mere objects; thus, they describe natural events as acts of personal gods, and giving rise to myths.

• Allegory

• Personification

• Myth-ritual Theory

• Euhemerism

Which of these does not comprise the four essential functions of mythology as viewed by Joseph Campbell?

• Eliciting and supporting a sense of awe before the mystery of being.

• Supporting the current social order to integrate the individual organically with his group.

• Initiating the individual into the order of realities of his own psyche.

• Exploring religious experience through reproducing the conditions of the mythical age.

Who sees myths as a misinterpretation of magical rituals which are themselves based on a mistaken idea of natural law?

• Max Muller

• James Frazer

• Robert Segal

• E.B. Tylor

How does Claude Levi-Strauss view myths?

• Myths reflect patterns in the mind and interpret these patterns as fixed mental structures—specifically, pairs of opposites—than as conscious feelings or urges.

• A mythological canon is an organization of symbols, ineffable in import, by which the energies of aspiration are evoked.

• Myths are metaphors of spiritual potentiality in the human being.

• Myths are attempts at literal explanations for natural phenomena.

It is an ancient region known as present-day Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine.

• Canaan

• Mesopotamia

• Amorite

• Phoenicia

She is known as the Canaanite goddess of love, sensuality and war; and probably the consort of Baal.

• Athirat

• Yamn

• Anat

• Asherah

He is considered as the Mesopotamian great hero and son of goddess Ninsun whose stories are told in Sumerian and Babylonian poems.

• Gilgamesh

• Anu

• Enkidu

• Enuma Elish

According to the epic poem Enuma Elish, this Mesopotamian god leads the new gods in a battle against the old gods. After defeating the gods of chaos and gaining power of a supreme god, he creates the sky and earth, as well as the first human beings.

• Tiamat

• Kingu

• Marduk

• Nabu

He is Enlil's son and Ishtar and Utu-Shamash's father. In Mesopotamian mythology, he controls the seasons and is considered the god of vegetation.

• Shamash

• Sin

• Zu

• Tiamat