MYTHOLOGY TESTS COMPILATION
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Which of the following has been theorized as a critical function of
human language, according to Harari? Select all correct answers!
Answer: -the ability to describe the world
-gossip
-create fictions, especially myth
◉ What is myth especially useful for, according to Harari?
Answer: organizing groups of humans larger than around 150
members
◉ What is Harari's main example of a modern "collective fiction"?
Answer: the French car manufacturer, Peugeot
◉ True or false: an "imagined reality" or "collective fiction" is really
just the same thing as lying.
Answer: False
,◉ What are some characteristics of stories or narratives, according
to Dr. Lundy? Select all correct answers!
Answer: -describing a change, from one state to another
-usually containing characters
-possessing a clear structure (a beginning, a middle, and an end)
◉ Dr. Lundy describes myths as "sacred, effective narratives". What
effects might a myth have? Select all correct answers!
Answer: -encourage group cohesion
-prompt action
-have an emotional or psychological effect
- determine in and out groups
◉ True or false: Dr. Lundy thinks we can consider the "Founding
Fathers" a myth because he doesn't believe the founding fathers
were real people.
Answer: False
◉ What might be sacred about myths?
Answer: -many ancients revered these stories as holy
-if myths are violated, negated, or dismissed, then it has
consequences for the groups or belief systems that circulate those
myths
, ◉ What are additional characteristics of a myth?
Answer: -myths are flexible
-there is no singular, definitive version of a myth
-myths contain elements of "truth" and "fiction"
◉ What was the original state of the universe, according to Hesiod?
Answer: Chasm; Chaos, a Greek term translated as "chasm" by West,
is the first being to come into existence in Hesiod's Theogony. In the
Greek, it is essentially a great abyss, and empty, formless, and
infinite space, not at all like our notion of things out of order.
◉ Who helped Kronos overthrow his father?
Answer: His mother, Earth aka Gaia
◉ Which god or goddess was formed from the discarded genitals of
Heaven?
Answer: Aphrodite
◉ What happened to Zeus when Kronos devoured his children?
Answer: He was hidden away on the island of Crete
◉ What did Prometheus do to trick Zeus?
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Which of the following has been theorized as a critical function of
human language, according to Harari? Select all correct answers!
Answer: -the ability to describe the world
-gossip
-create fictions, especially myth
◉ What is myth especially useful for, according to Harari?
Answer: organizing groups of humans larger than around 150
members
◉ What is Harari's main example of a modern "collective fiction"?
Answer: the French car manufacturer, Peugeot
◉ True or false: an "imagined reality" or "collective fiction" is really
just the same thing as lying.
Answer: False
,◉ What are some characteristics of stories or narratives, according
to Dr. Lundy? Select all correct answers!
Answer: -describing a change, from one state to another
-usually containing characters
-possessing a clear structure (a beginning, a middle, and an end)
◉ Dr. Lundy describes myths as "sacred, effective narratives". What
effects might a myth have? Select all correct answers!
Answer: -encourage group cohesion
-prompt action
-have an emotional or psychological effect
- determine in and out groups
◉ True or false: Dr. Lundy thinks we can consider the "Founding
Fathers" a myth because he doesn't believe the founding fathers
were real people.
Answer: False
◉ What might be sacred about myths?
Answer: -many ancients revered these stories as holy
-if myths are violated, negated, or dismissed, then it has
consequences for the groups or belief systems that circulate those
myths
, ◉ What are additional characteristics of a myth?
Answer: -myths are flexible
-there is no singular, definitive version of a myth
-myths contain elements of "truth" and "fiction"
◉ What was the original state of the universe, according to Hesiod?
Answer: Chasm; Chaos, a Greek term translated as "chasm" by West,
is the first being to come into existence in Hesiod's Theogony. In the
Greek, it is essentially a great abyss, and empty, formless, and
infinite space, not at all like our notion of things out of order.
◉ Who helped Kronos overthrow his father?
Answer: His mother, Earth aka Gaia
◉ Which god or goddess was formed from the discarded genitals of
Heaven?
Answer: Aphrodite
◉ What happened to Zeus when Kronos devoured his children?
Answer: He was hidden away on the island of Crete
◉ What did Prometheus do to trick Zeus?
