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Module 1, Reading Quiz 1
Module 1: Reading Quiz 1: "Is Gilgamesh a hero?"
Instructions:
In Unit 1, we will focus on the Epic of Gilgamesh. You can read the epic here:
http://www.aina.org/books/eog/eog.pdf
Read the epic and then post an answer to the following question: “Is Gilgamesh a hero?"
Review the following guidelines as you compose your answer:
1. A good answer should be at least 200 words.
2. A few good points to include as you arrive at your answer would be:
- What is your personal definition of a hero?
- Does Gilgamesh fit your definition? Why or why not?
- What are his good qualities?
- What are his flaws? What is Gilgamesh's biggest flaw?
- Can a flawed person be a hero?
3. Discuss examples from the text to support your answer. Prove to me that you did the reading!
A reminder about plagiarism:
- Answers should be in your own words. Do not copy an answer from the internet or from another student. If you quote language from the Epic, use quotations marks. (Example: "I will proclaim to the world the deeds of Gilgamesh.")
Module 1: Reading Quiz 2
Module 1: Reading Quiz 2: Compare/Contrast the Flood Stories in Gilgamesh and Genesis
Read the Story of the Flood chapter of Gilgamesh (Links to an external site.) carefully (pages 20-21 of the linked text). Then, read the Story of the Flood in Genesis (Links to an external site.) .
Compare and contrast the two flood stories.
Use the following guidelines to help you compose your answer:
- What are at least three similarities between the two stories?
- What are at least three differences between the two stories?
- These two stories come from very different cultures and time periods. Why do you think the stories are so similar?
- Good answers will be at least 200 words (feel free to write more!)
Plagiarism Reminder
Answers should be in your own words. Do not copy answers from online sources. I am interested in what you think. If you use words from the texts, use quotations marks (Example: "Noah was a righteous man.")
Module 1: Reading Quiz 3
Module 1: Reading Quiz 3: Compare/Contrast Gilgamesh and Job as heroes.
Read the Epic of Gilgamesh (Links to an external site.) and the book of Job (Links to an external site.) .
Compare and Contrast Gilgamesh and Job as heroes.
Use the following guidelines to help you compose your answer:
- How are Gilgamesh and Job similar?
- How are Gilgamesh and Job different?
- What are each hero's strengths?
- What are each hero's weaknesses?
- Which of the two do you think is the ultimate hero?
- Good answers should be at least 250 words.
Plagiarism Reminder
Answers should be in your own words. Do not copy answers from online sources. I am interested in what you think. If you use language from the text, use quotations marks (Example: "In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job.").
Module 2: Reading Quiz 1
Unit 1: Reading Quiz 3: Compare/Contrast Gilgamesh and Job as heroes.
Read the Epic of Gilgamesh (Links to an external site.) and the book of Job (Links to an external site.) .
Compare and Contrast Gilgamesh and Odysseus as heroes.
Use the following guidelines to help you compose your answer:
- How are Gilgamesh and Odysseus similar?
- How are Gilgamesh and Odysseus different?
- What are each hero's strengths?
- What are each hero's weaknesses?
- Which of the two do you think is the ultimate hero?
- Good answers should be at least 250 words.
Plagiarism Reminder
Answers should be in your own words. Do not copy answers from online sources. I am interested in what you think. If you use language from the text, use quotations marks (Example: "In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job.").
Module 2: Reading Quiz 2
After reading The Odyssey and the Greek play you chose, compare and contrast the two works.
Use the following guidelines to help you compose your answer:
- What are at least three similarities between the two readings?
- What are at least three differences between the two readings?
- These two stories come from the same culture and close in time period. How do you think the two works are shaped by the time they are written in? Why do they still speak to us today in 2021?
- Good answers will be at least 200 words (feel free to write more!)
Plagiarism Reminder
Answers should be in your own words. Do not copy answers from online sources. I am interested in what you think. If you use words from the texts, use quotations marks (Example: "Noah was a righteous man.")
Module 2: Reading Quiz 3
This Unit introduced you to material ranging from amazing adventures to philosophical questioning of good and evil, divinity and destiny. You learned about the different ways that mythic, "epic" material can be handled in different civilizations. You read selections from two first century BCE epics, Roman Virgil's Aeneid and one of two Indian epics: The Bhagavad-Gita or The Ramayana. These epics all deal with important religious and ethical questions about love, war, destiny, the nature of divinity and the nature of the universe.
Based on your readings, what did you come away with in regards to these epics all dealing with important religious and ethical questions about love, war, destiny, the nature of divinity and the nature of the universe? Please explain your thinking.
- Good answers will be at least 200 words (feel free to write more!)
Plagiarism Reminder
Answers should be in your own words. Do not copy answers from online sources. I am interested in what you think. If you use words from the texts, use quotations marks (Example: "Noah was a righteous man.")