CLAS260 QUIZ1 INTRODUCTION FALL 2020 - SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY- A+( Verified answers)

CLAS260 QUIZ1 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.