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According to Hindu tradition, the world rests on the back of which animal?

wolf

badger

turtle

alligator

Greek Creation Story

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Match the following terms from the Greek creation story.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
A dark, abyss-like dungeon		Ouranos/Uranus
The depths of the sea		Night/Nyx
The Father Sky/Heaven		Titans
Mother Earth		Hecatonchires
The one-eyed monsters		Pontus
Representations of the forces of Nature		Eros
The darkness of death		Gaia (Ge)
Love (has golden wings)		Erebus
The 100-handed, 50-headed monsters		Cyclopes
A darkness with substance and no light		Tartarus

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What did Kronos do to defeat his father?

Strangled him.

Castrated him.

Poisoned him.

Buried him.

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Who is the goddess of love and beauty, born from blood and semen mixing with sea foam?

Gaia

Aphrodite

Rhea

Athena

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What did Rhea do to save her infant son, Zeus?

Castrated Kronos.

Gave Kronos a rock to swallow.

Birthed a demon army to protect Zeus.

Killed Kronos right after Zeus was born.

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What cycle reveals itself throughout the Greek creation myth?

Mothers watching their sons die a violent death.

The creation and destruction of the earth due to humanity's greed.

Older generation's fear that the young will take control of the power.

A father's inability to love his family.

Norse Creation Story

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Where do the first people live?

Niflheim

Muspell

Asgard

Midgard

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Which did NOT exist at the beginning?

Niflheim

Muspel

Surtr

Odin

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Who is the father of all gaints?

Odin

Surtr

Ymir

Buri

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Who is killed to make the world?

Surtr

Odin

Ymir

Buri

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What feeds the eleven rivers?

Audhumla

Hvergelmir

Muspell

Ginnungagap

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Who gave people will?

Vili

Odin

Ve

Buri

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Who is NOT a son of Bor?

Vili

Buri

Odin

Ve

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When will Surtr leave Muspell?

At Ginnungagap

At Hvergelmir

At Ymir

At Ragnarok

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The people were made from what?

Wood

Flesh

Clay

Bone

Crash Course Videos

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Which of the following is an expression of the problem of infinite regress?

snakes on a plane

out of the frying pan and into the fire

fish in the percolator

turtles all the way down

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Why did the ancient peoples create myths?

To entertain children.

To explain things about their world and nature that they could not explain.

To please their Gods by telling stories about them.

All of the above.

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Which phenomenon is explained in the Demeter myth?

creation of man and animals

creation of the universe and gods

creation of the seasons

how Zeus came to power

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Why is mythology a complicated area of study? (Select ALL appropriate answers.)

There are only oral versions of the myths.

We cannot tell the difference between myths and folktales.

The stories are open to many interpretations.

The stories are ancient.

There is not enough print material to consider these stories reliable.

There is only one correct interpretation and we don't know what it is.

There is only one author for each myth.

The stories are not old enough.

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What archetype can be seen in the relationship between Tiamat and her children in the Babylonian creation myth?

Parents fighting with their children

Wolves chasing the sun and moon

Bringing light from darkness

Serpents poisoning humans

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In the Chinese creation myth, P'an Ku is a...

set of twins

river

giant

dragon goddess

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When P'an Ku died, what happened?

His body was used to create the world.

He was buried in a cosmic egg and then was reborn as the World Turtle.

His spirit breathed life into humans.

He was swallowed by Nu Kua.

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Creation Myths Test

Greek Creation Story

Norse Creation Story

Crash Course Videos

Creation Myths Test

According to Hindu tradition, the world rests on the back of which animal?

Greek Creation Story

Match the following terms from the Greek creation story.

What did Kronos do to defeat his father?

Who is the goddess of love and beauty, born from blood and semen mixing with sea foam?

What did Rhea do to save her infant son, Zeus?

What cycle reveals itself throughout the Greek creation myth?

Norse Creation Story

Where do the first people live?

Which did NOT exist at the beginning?

Who is the father of all gaints?

Who is killed to make the world?

What feeds the eleven rivers?

Who gave people will?

Who is NOT a son of Bor?

When will Surtr leave Muspell?

The people were made from what?

Crash Course Videos

Which of the following is an expression of the problem of infinite regress?

Why did the ancient peoples create myths?

Which phenomenon is explained in the Demeter myth?

Why is mythology a complicated area of study? (Select ALL appropriate answers.)

What archetype can be seen in the relationship between Tiamat and her children in the Babylonian creation myth?

In the Chinese creation myth, P'an Ku is a...

When P'an Ku died, what happened?

Bonus: Draw the world turtle.

According to Hindu tradition, the world rests on the back of which animal?

Match the following terms from the Greek creation story.

What did Kronos do to defeat his father?

Who is the goddess of love and beauty, born from blood and semen mixing with sea foam?

What did Rhea do to save her infant son, Zeus?

What cycle reveals itself throughout the Greek creation myth?

Where do the first people live?

Which did NOT exist at the beginning?

Who is the father of all gaints?

Who is killed to make the world?

What feeds the eleven rivers?

Who gave people will?

Who is NOT a son of Bor?

When will Surtr leave Muspell?

The people were made from what?

Which of the following is an expression of the problem of infinite regress?

Why did the ancient peoples create myths?

Which phenomenon is explained in the Demeter myth?

Why is mythology a complicated area of study? (Select ALL appropriate answers.)

What archetype can be seen in the relationship between Tiamat and her children in the Babylonian creation myth?

In the Chinese creation myth, P'an Ku is a...

When P'an Ku died, what happened?

Bonus: Draw the world turtle.