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HM44, MYTHOLOGY, EXAM I(B), F=03, Emmachild

NAME________________________________________________

DIRECTIONS: Answer 30 of the following True/False questions.  If you over-answer, I will stop grading at the 30^th answer.  In each case you must give a one- or two-sentence explanation.  ANSWERS WITH NO EXPLANATION WILL NOT BE GRADED.  In addition, your explanation must give information; that is, you may not simply reverse a Afalse@ answer, or repeat the question for a Atrue@ answer.  Explanations such as these will receive no credit.  Answer only one essay.  Your essay must be clear, using technical terminology and examples from the myths.  
POINT VALUE: Essay = 10 points; T/F = 3 points each.

TRUE/FALSE
1. According to class discussion, false myths have no divine authority; true myths do.	            T___F___

2.  We read three monotheistic creation stories.							T___F___

3.  The Egyptian drawing was used in class to illustrate a Patriarchal  myth.			T___F___

4.  Pythagoras believed that Dualistic myths are more common than Monistic myths.		T___F___

5.  Salvation myths are usually written before Creation myths.					T___F___

6.  The AYang and Yin@ intends to support a monistic view.						T___F___

7.  Robert Graves believes that Lilith was Adam’s first wife.					T___F___

8.  Yahweh could be considered Anthropomorphic.						T___F___

9.  Cosmogonies tell the birth of the gods.								T___F___

HM44, EXAM I(B), F=03, Emmachild, p.2

10.  There are two sins in the Judeo/Christian story.							T___F___

11.  The Judeo/Christian Creator has more than one name.						T___F___

12. The Judeo/Christian Chaos is the only true Void we studied.					T___F___

13. The First Eve escaped to the Red Sea.								T___F___

14. The Judeo/Christian punishment occurs on the Sixth Day of Creation.				T___F___

15. The Babylonian Creation story was discovered in what is now Iraq.				T___F___

16. Tiamat and Apsu are the only husband-wife creators we studied.				T___F___

17. Kingu is Marduk’s real father.									T___F___

18. There is no Utopia in the Mesopotamian myth.							T___F___

19. Humans can be interpreted as evil in the Mesopotamian myth.					T___F___

20. Both the Babylonians and Greeks believe in Fate as the supreme Orderer.			T___F___

21. The Greek creation story claims that the sin was committed by a God.				T___F___

HM44, EXAM I(B), p.3, Emmachild, F’03

22. Gaea is described in the story has having a halo on her head.					T___F___

23. Ouranos is anthropomorphic.									T___F___

24. Kronos defeated his father.									T___F___

25. The Golden and Silver Races end up as Guardian Angels after death.				T___F___

26. Pandora refused to lie beneath her husband.							T___F___

27. Spider Woman and Gaea both create by themselves.						T___F___

28. Spider Woman, like all women, possessed too much curiosity.					T___F___

29. The Sin in the Pueblo Indian myth is committed more than once.				T___F___

30. The Chipmunk could be a hierophany in the Spider Woman story.				T___F___

31. Spider Woman tries to keep wisdom from the humans she creates.				T___F___

32.  The Hindu concept of dharma means “illusion,” or “deceit.”					T___F___

HM44, EXAM I(B), F’03, Emmachild, p.4

33. The Krita Yuga is the current age, according to the story.					T___F___

34. Because it is cyclical, there is no Sin in the Hindu story.						T___F___

35. The Caste System is dead in India, as it was outlawed in 1950.					T___F___

36. The Hindu trinity is Brahma, Vishnu, Purusha.							T___F___

37. Both the Hindu and Norse myths begin with a Cosmic Egg.					T___F___

38. Odin, Vili and Ve would be considered Lesser Orderers.						T___F___

39. Ymir is punished for committing the First Sin.							T___F___

40. Gangleri is also known as “High One.”				   				T___F___             	

41. Ginnungagap is the World of Cold and Fog.							T___F___

42. Audhumla gives birth from her Left Armpit.							T___F___

43. Loki and Hel both survive Ragnarok.								T___F___

HM44, EXAM I(B), F’03, Emmachild, p.5

44. Obatala is eventually defeated by Olokun.							T___F___

45.  Ife is the name of the African Chaos.								T___F___

46. Orunmila gives gifts to humans.									T___F___

47. Only one story we read tells where rainbows come from.					T___F___

48. Only one story we read has a female Orderer, alone.						T___F___

49. Only one story we read believes a God committed the sin.					T___F___

50. Only one story we read claims women are created before men.					T___F___

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ESSAYS (Answer only one of the following essays; answer on the back of the exam pages.)
1. Compare the Four Ages in the Hindu, Greek (ignore the age of Heroes), and Pueblo stories.  Find one similarity and one difference in them.  Explain carefully.

2. Which of the sin and fall stories we read to you believe to be the most and which the least relevant to your own society?  Explain carefully.