Question 1
0 / 4 pts
This author is constantly amazed at human nature. He quotes writers
from many cultures to support his conclusions about human beings.
Plato
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
the unknown author of the Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Epic of
Creation
None of the above answers are correct.
Question 2
4 / 4 pts
This story of creation tells of a single divine being who carefully
creates the world with harmony between all of the world's elements.
Later this harmony is destroyed.
Myth of Er
Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Epic of Creation
Genesis 1–9
None of the above answers are correct.
Question 3
4 / 4 pts
This story tells of a time (a period in the past) when humans learned
to sail the seas, to mine for gold, to trade with each other, to divide up
the land, and to swindle each other.
"Metamorphoses" by Ovid
Myth of Er
Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Epic of Creation
None of the above answers are correct.
Question 4
4 / 4 pts
In this story, people experience many lives on this earth
(reincarnation). People are forced to choose what sort of life they will
next live on earth. However, their choices are limited. Wherever they
end up, they must learn the importance of being virtuous.
Myth of Er
Epic of Gilgamesh
Genesis 1–9
"Metamorphoses" by Ovid
Question 5
4 / 4 pts
In this story, the happiness or misfortune comes to people from two
sources: (1) the wise or unwise decisions people make before they are
born (this story assumes reincarnation) and (2) the chance "lot" given
to them by divine forces beyond their control. Thus, humans are partly
responsible for their happiness and partly victims.
Myth of Er
Epic of Gilgamesh
Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Epic of Creation
"Metamorphoses" by Ovid
Question 6
4 / 4 pts
The divine being in this story of creation has absolute authority.
During the initial creation event (when everything is created for the
first time), no one and no force resists the will of the divine being.
Myth of Er
Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Epic of Creation
Genesis 1–9
None of the above answers are correct.
Question 7
0 / 4 pts
In this reading, we are told that humans are absolutely free to make
themselves into either animal-like beings or divine-like beings.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Bhagavad Gita
Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Epic of Creation
On the Dignity of Man
Question 8
4 / 4 pts
The Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Epic of Creation is difficult to follow
in its details, but when taken as a whole unit, the epic suggests what
about the nature of our world and the gods controlling our world?
The world was created by wise and loving gods who care about
humanity.
The world and humanity were created by random chance (no
conscious intentions played a role) but harmony was and is created by
an inner balance of all things.
The world was created by foolish and destructive gods who only
create humans to do their work.
None of these answers are correct.
Question 9
4 / 4 pts
This divine being (god) is wild, destructive, and must be destroyed.
Eventually, this divine being is destroyed.
Tiamat
Zeus
Marduk
Er
Question 10
0 / 4 pts
The Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Epic of Creation is difficult to follow
in its details, but when taken as a whole unit, the epic tells us what
about the nature of our world and the gods controlling our world?
The various generations of older gods and younger gods hate each
other and kill each other.
Marduk is a young god who "saves the day" by taking the lead in
fighting Tiamat, but he is also self-serving (demanding authority over
all the gods).
The gods have human-like qualities: they die, they fight each other,
they are selfish, and they get annoyed with each other.
All of the answers above are correct.
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