Quiz 2

A  that Yellowtail Snake had convinced Master King that Blacksnake was much smaller than he was

B  that Master King’s snake was longer than both Yellowtail Snake and Blacksnake

C  that everyone in Master King’s yard was saying Yellowtail Snake was longer than Blacksnake

D  that Master King had ordered both Yellowtail Snake and Blacksnake to be measured, and the longer one would be rewarded

A  pig

B  sheep

C  cow

D  chicken

A  turning Blacksnake into a pig

B  bringing Blacksnake to him stretched full-length on a pole

C  cutting off Blacksnake’s tail and bringing it to the palace

D  getting Yellowtail Snake to capture and kill Blacksnake

A  leaves the box in his son’s field, and his son is then condemned to carry it

B  makes an ant carry the box back to the king, who gets angry and kills the ant

C  weaves a web around an ant and threatens to kill him if the ant does not take the box and carry it himself

D  tricks an ant into holding it for a while, and then he runs away, leaving the ant to carry the burden

A  steals his son’s sticks and beats the dwarf until he gives him water

B  takes two big sticks and beats the dwarf so badly he kills him

C  forces his son to give him the water he got from the dwarf

D  makes the dwarf his prisoner until he promises to give him water

A  the bowl used by Pilate to wash his hands after sentencing Jesus to death

B  a sacred chalice that supposedly belonged to Mary Magdalene and was found by the Templars when they invaded Jerusalem

C  the cup used by Jesus at the last supper with his disciples

D  a goblet stolen from the Temple of Solomon by the Romans

A  are ants and fishermen

B  are spiders and farmers

C  are spiders and fishermen

D  are ants and farmers

A  make reference to outsiders, mocking them and making them the trickster’s victims

B  serve as examples to the audience of what will happen to them if they break the rules of society

C  show that being a coward or deceitful can bring great reward

D  highlight the trickster’s use of magic and/or deceit in order to get what he wants

A  engaged couples from noble families being allowed to have sex before marriage

B  payments to the ruling monarch in order for a nobleman to have the privilege of choosing his own wife

C  a male lover’s worship of a woman, doing brave deeds for her and remaining faithful to her even if she did not return his love

D  a noblewoman’s promise of faithfulness to her chosen lover, even if he were married to someone else

A  whenever some of the venom drips on him he writhes in pain, causing an earthquake

B  his wife, however, collects the venom in a bowl so she can use it to poison the gods

C  when Baldr’s ghost comes to him and haunts him, Loki shivers and causes blizzards on the earth

D  but once each winter, Odin allows him his freedom

A  hands the blind Hod a piece of mistletoe and tells him to throw it at Baldr

B  disguises himself as a Valkyrie in order to lead Baldr to his death

C  frees the Midgard Serpent, which then poisons Baldr with its venom

D  deceives Frigg into believing Baldr is plotting against the Aesir and therefore must be killed

A  when only a nobleman could qualify for knighthood after training first as a page and then as a squire

B  when men could become knights only after first swearing never to get married

C  when only the king could elevate his personal servants to the status of knights

D  when aristocratic men earned status as heroes by choosing a life of poverty and religious service

A  Baldr

B  Loki

C  Odin

D  Thor

A  but she is spared from the flames because she is pure

B  but Rama is later told she deceived him and did not enter the fire

C  but Lakshmana puts out the flames and spares her life

D  because Rama promises he will take her away with him if she survives the flames

A  to defeat the Scorpion-Man and gain eternal life

B  to rescue Ishtar, because he needs her help to bring Enkidu back to life

C  to find a treasure hidden in the Garden of the Gods

D  to find Utnapishtim in a search for immortality, because Gilgamesh is afraid of death

A  artha: material prosperity

B  dharma : righteousness and duty – moral principles of behavior

C  varna: conduct according to the strict caste system

D  maksa: liberation of the soul through moderation and discipline

A  the Utnapishtim betrayed Gilgamesh in order to prevent him from gaining immortality

B  the gods do not care about mortals, so no one needs to worship them anymore

C  because he lost the magic plant, Enkidu cannot be brought back to life

D  that all mortals, including himself, will eventually die, but their great deeds will insure their names are remembered

A  when he mistakes her for a common slave and orders her to leave his palace

B  when he rejects her advances and points out to her how she destroyed her previous lovers

C  when he finds her alone with Enkidu and orders her to be exiled from Uruk

D  by threatening to have Enkidu kill her

A  judgment by Vishnu after an individual has died, and then extinction of the soul into Brahman

B  reincarnation of the soul into another human form based on the accumulation of good karma

C  transmigration of the atman into another life form based upon the karma an individual earns through following their specific dharma

D  transmigration of the atman into another life form only as punishment for not following the dharma

A  must kill the Bull of Ishtar in order to become ruler of Uruk

B  is a humble servant of the ruler of Uruk

C  behaves with extreme arrogance and is often impetuous and self-centered

D  relies on the wild man Enkidu to fight the enemies of Uruk because Gilgamesh is afraid of death