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COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY: CREATION MYTHS TEST
1. What do the Chinese and Hawaiian myths have in common?
| a. Both involve romance, jealousy and revenge | b. Both explain some of earth's geographical features | c. Both show the earth creator as a caring mother |
2. How are the Chinese, Hawaiian and Hindu coincidentally similar?
| a. They all involve an egg giving birth | b. They all begin with chaos | c. They all show that humans were the first creation |
3. Which two myths focus on dirt as the origin of humans?
| a. Hindu and Zulu | b. Comanche and Hindu | c. Choctaw and Comanche |
4. Which myths have a devil-like creature early on?
| a. Comanche and Ainu | b. Hindu and Comanche | c. Ainu and Boshongo |
5. In what myths are female entities distinctly not as powerful as male entities?
| a. Apache | b. African | c. Hopi |
6. In which part of the world are female entities given more power?
| a. Hawaii and some North American Indian tribes | b. China | c. Scandinavian |
7. Which myth most distinctly shows male and female working in harmonious respect?
| a. Apache | b. Chinese | c. Fans |
8. In Apache mythology, what is the most likely reason the Creator appointed Girl-Without-Parents in charge of everything?
| a. Because he had fallen in love with her, he granted her wish: to be ruler over all | b. He felt the most pity for her because she had no parents. | c. She showed the most respect towards him and his creations. |
9. From what did people evolve from in the Chelan myth?
| a. wolves | b. coyotes | c. beavers |
10. What roles do men and women have in the Hopi myth?
| a. Women build houses and take care of all related to Them. Men will weave blankets, make weapons and hunt | b. Women will rule men and have children. They will be waited on by men who will not only hunt and gather but fix food. | c. They bring on the rain, volcanic activity and are responsible for the fruits of agriculture. Men cause wars, famine and pestilence. |
11. What are things the Huron and Hopi do not have in common?
| a. Female "goddesses" have a lot of power in their creation stores | b. Animals and people interact |
12. What is significant about the Inuit myth?
| a. In their evolution, the first Inuit had beaks. | b. Mankind comes from a bladder. | c. It is a child who brings light into the world and light is what gives the world life. |
13. What is strangely remarkable about the Japanese myth?
| a. The God of fire killed both his parents and is known to rule the world with a fiery, devil-like hand, making all of earth an "underworld." | b. The first male and female gods could both give birth to "children." | c. The first male did not obey the female and so they ended up in eternal estrangement |
14. What do the Scandinavian and Maya myths have in common?
| a. Thinking plays a central role in the development of the world | b. Natural things in their respective environments form humans | c. Their creator is female. |