Creation Myths Test

Last updated almost 4 years ago

24 questions

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Last updated almost 4 years ago

24 questions

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If you finish early, you can use this question to draw something from one of the creation myths.

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

Strangled him.

Buried him.

Poisoned him.

Castrated him.

Athena

Aphrodite

Rhea

Gaia

Birthed a demon army to protect Zeus.

Gave Kronos a rock to swallow.

Killed Kronos right after Zeus was born.

Castrated Kronos.

Mothers watching their sons die a violent death.

A father's inability to love his family.

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

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

Midgard

Niflheim

Asgard

Muspell

Surtr

Odin

Muspel

Niflheim

Ymir

Buri

Odin

Surtr

Ymir

Buri

Odin

Surtr

Audhumla

Ginnungagap

Hvergelmir

Muspell

Ve

Odin

Vili

Buri

Buri

Vili

Ve

Odin

At Ginnungagap

At Ymir

At Ragnarok

At Hvergelmir

Bone

Clay

Flesh

Wood

Atum sneezed it into existence.

It was a watery, chaotic mess. 

It was in perfect order. 

It was spat into existence by Ra.

water and land

wind and air

earth and sky

earth, fire, water, and air

brightness

war

flooding

darkness

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.

creation of the universe and gods

creation of man and animals

how Zeus came to power

creation of the seasons

There are only oral versions of the myths.

The stories are ancient.

The stories are not old enough.

We cannot tell the difference between myths and folktales.

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

There is only one author for each myth.

The stories are open to many interpretations.

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

Parents fighting with their children

Bringing light from darkness

Wolves chasing the sun and moon

Serpents poisoning humans

set of twins

giant

river

dragon goddess

His spirit breathed life into humans.

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

He was swallowed by Nu Kua.

His body was used to create the world.

Match the following terms from the Greek creation story.

Representations of the forces of Nature

Ouranos/Uranus

Mother Earth

Night/Nyx

The depths of the sea

Titans

The Father Sky/Heaven

Hecatonchires

Love (has golden wings)

Pontus

A darkness with substance and no light

Eros

The one-eyed monsters

Gaia (Ge)

A dark, abyss-like dungeon

Erebus

The darkness of death

Cyclopes

The 100-handed, 50-headed monsters

Tartarus

What did Kronos do to defeat his father?

Strangled him.

Buried him.

Poisoned him.

Castrated him.

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

Athena

Aphrodite

Rhea

Gaia

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

Birthed a demon army to protect Zeus.

Gave Kronos a rock to swallow.

Killed Kronos right after Zeus was born.

Castrated Kronos.

What cycle reveals itself throughout the Greek creation myth?

Mothers watching their sons die a violent death.

A father's inability to love his family.

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

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

Where do the first people live?

Midgard

Niflheim

Asgard

Muspell

Which did NOT exist at the beginning?

Surtr

Odin

Muspel

Niflheim

Who is the father of all gaints?

Ymir

Buri

Odin

Surtr

Who is killed to make the world?

Ymir

Buri

Odin

Surtr

What feeds the eleven rivers?

Audhumla

Ginnungagap

Hvergelmir

Muspell

Who gave people will?

Ve

Odin

Vili

Buri

Who is NOT a son of Bor?

Buri

Vili

Ve

Odin

When will Surtr leave Muspell?

At Ginnungagap

At Ymir

At Ragnarok

At Hvergelmir

The people were made from what?

Bone

Clay

Flesh

Wood

According to ancient Egyptian tradition, how did the the universe begin?

Atum sneezed it into existence.

It was a watery, chaotic mess. 

It was in perfect order. 

It was spat into existence by Ra.

What are Shu and Tefnet the god and goddess of?

water and land

wind and air

earth and sky

earth, fire, water, and air

What problem was caused by Nut and Geb wanting to be together all the time?

brightness

war

flooding

darkness

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.

Which phenomenon is explained in the Demeter myth?

creation of the universe and gods

creation of man and animals

how Zeus came to power

creation of the seasons

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

There are only oral versions of the myths.

The stories are ancient.

The stories are not old enough.

We cannot tell the difference between myths and folktales.

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

There is only one author for each myth.

The stories are open to many interpretations.

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

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

Parents fighting with their children

Bringing light from darkness

Wolves chasing the sun and moon

Serpents poisoning humans

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

set of twins

giant

river

dragon goddess

When P'an Ku died, what happened?

His spirit breathed life into humans.

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

He was swallowed by Nu Kua.

His body was used to create the world.