2. 1. In __________ mythology, gods and
goddesses assume human qualities.
A. Egyptian C. Greek
B. Sumerian D. American
3. 2. Folklore is part of the __________
tradition of a given race.
A. ancient C. cultural
B. written D. oral
4. 3. Prometheus is an ancient
__________ character.
A. folkloric C. mythological
B. fairy tale D. historical
5. 4. __________ is a generic term for
the various kinds of narrative prose
literature found in the oral traditions
of the world.
A. myths C. epics
B. folktales D. ballads
6. 5.The essential trait of all folk literature is its
__________.
A. ability to tell stories
B. diffusion and passage through word of
mouth
C. reflection of common human traits
D. diffusion through verse and other written
means
7. 6. __________ are folktales that are
religious in nature and explain the
universe and its inhabitants.
A. fairy tales C. myths
B. legends D. epics
8. 7. Central to the story of creation
myths is a __________ that presides
over the creation tasks.
A. creation hero C. deity
B. culture hero D. trickster
9. 8. Anansi the Spider, the trickster-hero of a great body of
__________ folktales, seems both to instruct human beings
in what not to do and to illustrate the price of such rebellion
from the proper way.
A. African-American
B. Native American
C.Western African
D. European
10. 9.The myth of Enki and theWorld Order is
the earliest known existing __________.
A. European myth
B. Greek myth
C. African myth
D. Sumerian myth
11. 10. Proserpine is the Roman mythology
equivalent of __________ in Greek mythology.
A. Perseus
B. Prometheus
C. Persephone
D. Psyche
12. 11. In Greek mythology, Demeter, representing
__________, looks for her daughter kidnapped by
Hades, god of the underworld.
A. fertility and harvest
B. mother earth
C. hunting and crafts
D. love and beauty
13. 12. According to Greek mythology, when the Sun-
God Apollo drives his __________ across the
earth, daylight appears.
A. horse
B. chariot
C. vehicle
D. wagon
14. 13. Utnapishtim, the equivalent of the Biblical
Noah, is a mythological creature of __________
origins.
A. Mesopotamian
B. Sumerian
C. Peruvian
D. Babylonian
15. 14. In Egyptian creation mythology, only the
ocean existed first until __________, came out of
an egg and started the task of creation.
A. Ra, the Sun-God
B.Tefnut, the atmosphere
C. Nut, the sky
D. Osiris, the underworld
16. 15.The __________, through their
expeditions spread Norse Mythology.
A. Angles
B. Saxons
C.Vikings
D. Germanic tribes
17. 16. __________, an English antiquary coined
the term folklore in 1846.
A. Charles Perrault
B.Washington Irving
C. Robert Southey
D.William JohnThomas
18. 17. __________ is an African mischievous deity
equivalent of Hermes in Greek mythology who stands
as both messenger of the gods and humans.
A. Etnu
B.Vishnu
C. Eshu
D. Dugo Mali
19. 18. __________ is an example of an animal
culture hero in the creation myths of Native
AmericanTales.
A.The Ant and the Squirrel
B.The Fox
C. Coyote and Raven
D.TheWolf
20. 19. Pilandok (Balabao Mousedeer) are
Maranao tales that exemplify
__________.
A. folk epics C. creation myths
B. folk tales D. fantasy stories
21. 20.Through myths, communities are provided with
__________, a story of how the world came to have its
present form; a __________, a picture of how the various
aspects of the world are related to one another; and an
__________, a code of behavior for human beings.
A. ethos, pathos, worldview
B. worldview, pathos, ethos
C. pathos, ethos, worldview
D. cosmogony, worldview, ethos
