ELA Final Exam 2024

What are myths?

• nonfiction stories from a Greek religious text

• stories about supernatural beings in early times

• dreams and nightmares

• stories made up recently

What do myths attempt to explain?

• nature

• heaven

• humans

• geography

Which word describes a belief by people who believe in MANY GODS?

• monotheism

• supernatural

• mythology

• polytheism

Which is NOT a reason why we study Greek Mythology?

• It's interesting and entertaining.

• Greek Mythology is coming back as a religion.

• It shows us how Ancient Greeks viewed the world and gives us their history.

• It is constantly referenced in today's world.

What was the first "thing" that existed in the mythological world?

• Chaos

• The Underworld

• The Heavens

• The Ocean

Which two beings started everything?

• Zeus and Hera

• Cronus and Zeus

• Gaea & Cronus

• Gaea & Uranus

What caused Cronus to eat his children?

• fear that they would hate him

• fear that they would overthrow him as ruler of the Universe

• Eating them made him more powerful.

• He was hungry.

Which child did Cronus (accidentally) not eat?

• Poseidon

• Zeus

• Hades

• Aphrodite

What was Cronus's consequence for eating his children in the end?

• Zeus made him regurgitate the others and they went to war with their father, overthrowing him in the end.

• a bad stomachache

• Zeus would never speak to his father ever again, and that made him upset.

• Cronus lived in never-ending pain on Earth with no children.

Which 3 answers describe Chiron?

• centaur

• half horse- half man

• wise and respected

• sneaky