Review Quiz #3 For Chapter Two Part 2

Review Quiz #3 For Chapter Two Part 2

1. Theories of internal processes involved in mythmaking try to... a. ignore the contradictions and complexities of reality.
b. find a universal pattern.
c. control events.
d. reconcile opposites.
e. all of the above.

2. According to Freud, dreams can allow us to ignore social taboos. True

3. According to Freud, dreams and myths contain symbols that allow the mind to indulge in forbidden behavior. True

4. According to Freud, the subconscious contains the social authority that inhibits wrong behavior. True

5. The term "libido" refers to amoral, lustful impulses. True

6. In beheading Medusa, Perseus kills the ravaging beast which is symbolic of envy for a father's power. True

7. Oedipus is a tale of a man who kills his father and takes his mother to wife. True

8. Freud's concept of the Oedipal complex centers, like most Greek myths, on the interactions between members of a single family. True

9. Zeus could be called an archetype of all of the following: patriarchal authority, a nature God (of thunderbolts), the animus, promiscuity. True

10. In the ancient Greek myth Icarus is punished for disobeying his father by... a. becoming an outcast.
b. losing his inheritance.
c. turning into a jackal.
d. falling into the sea.
e. all of the above.

11. Icarus' father, Daedelus, designed the labyrinth, an intricate maze which housed... a. the Gorgon.
b. the Minotaur.
c. Pandora.
d. Medusa.
e. Caliban.

12. In mythology, the study of form and narrative within mythmaking has been the quest to find... a. one over-riding pattern.
b. one universal truth.
c. one supreme deity.
d. immortality.
e. all of the above.

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