CLAS 260 QUIZ 1 /CLAS260 QUIZ 1 Introduction _Fall 2020 – San Francisco State University-A+ (Verified answers)

CLAS 260 QUIZ 1 _ Introduction _Fall 2020 – San Francisco State University How far back does our earliest knowledge of Greek myths date? Select one: a. To before the introduction of writing and even farther back. b. To the time of Homer, in the 8th century B.C. c. To about the middle of the 4th century B.C., the time of Plato d. To the fall of Rome, about 1500 years ago. Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is: To the time of Homer, in the 8th century B.C. Question 2 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Which of the following words is used in the book's basic definition of "myth"? Select one: a. Literary b. Etiological c. Traditional d. Legendary Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Traditional Question 3 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Which of the following is the principal source for our knowledge of ancient myth? Select one: a. Literature. b. Ancient philosophers. c. Ancient Historians. d. Vase painting. Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Literature. Question 4 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 What was the point of Powell’s phrase "The myth of Oedipus is the complex of all the variants"? Select one: a. Only the literary sources have any importance for the study of myth. b. The Oedipus myth is reported differently in Homer and Sophocles. c. That the truest version is the one written in the earliest literature. d. Myths appear to us in a number of different versions, no one of which can be said to be more authentic than another. Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Myths appear to us in a number of different versions, no one of which can be said to be more authentic than another. Question 5 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Which of the following is a correct ordering of the major historical periods of Greek history? Select one: a. Bronze, Archaic, Dark, Classical, Hellenistic. b. Archaic, Bronze, Classical, Hellenistic, Dark. c. Hellenistic, Archaic, Dark, Classical, Bronze. d. Bronze, Dark, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic. Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is: Bronze, Dark, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic. Question 6 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Why is it that the Archaic Period is so important for our knowledge of Greek myth? Select one: a. The Greeks started recording their myths again in this period. b. Democracy emerges in the institution of the polis. c. The Greeks come into contact with Near Eastern myth. d. Greek philosophers first began to comment on the myths. Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is: The Greeks started recording their myths again in this period. Question 7 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 The following are examples of folktalkes. Which of the following would not be called a fable? Select one: a. The Frog Prince b. Cinderella c. Bambi d. The Fox and the Grapes Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is: Cinderella Question 8 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 For the purposes of studying mythology, the most important way that oral tales differ from literary works is that ______________________. Select one: a. There are many versions of literary works, but only a single version of an oral tale. b. Literary works have an identifiable author. c. Oral tales are more often about fantasy than literary works. d. Literary works in Greece instruct and try to pass on truth; many oral tales are designed just to entertain. Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Literary works have an identifiable author. Question 9 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 According to your textbook, ______________________ is not one of the three main elements of a mythological narrative. Select one: a. Character b. Plot c. Setting d. Metaphor Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Metaphor Question 10 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 A modern analogy to divine myth is ______________________. Select one: a. Theoretical Science b. History c. Psychology d. Astrology e. Natural Science Your answer is correct. The correct answers are: Theoretical Science, Natural Science Question 11 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 The Greeks came to contrast mythos with their word ______________________, which means something more like a reasoned explanation than an authoritative story. Select one: a. Deos. b. Mythologia. c. Logos. d. Anthropos. Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Logos. Question 12 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 ______________________ best describes the purpose and nature of pure or divine myth. Select one: a. "Stories of great heroes of the past" b. "Myths that explain why the world is the way it is" c. "Stories whose actors are ordinary people or animals" d. "Stock narrative elements that capture a recurrent aspect of human psychology" Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: "Myths that explain why the world is the way it is" Question 13 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Which of the following is an example of a specific etiology? Select one: a. Mt. Olympus as the home of the gods. b. An aition c. Demigods as half human and half divine. d. Zeus as the sender of storms. Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Zeus as the sender of storms.