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Name: _________________________________________________ Period: ___________ Date: _____________________________ Mythology Unit Study Guide Directions: To help you prepare for the upcoming test, please complete the questions in complete sentences, where necessary. 1. List the characteristics of a myth. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What are the two (2) purposes of a myth? (1) __________________________________________________________________________________ (2) __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What are the five (5) functions of myths? Circle the function that is included in every Greek myth. (1) __________________________________________________________________________________ (2) __________________________________________________________________________________ (3) __________________________________________________________________________________ (4) __________________________________________________________________________________ (5) __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why are Greek myths read today? How are they relevant in today’s world? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is a universal theme? Who does it apply to? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Define “hero” as it is used in literature. Who is an example of a hero in Greek mythology? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: _________________________________________________ Period: ___________ Date: _____________________________ 7. Define Archetype: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Give an example of an archetype from today’s world. Why is he/she an archetype? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What are epics? How are they different from other Greek myths? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ **Remember that epics also reflect the culture that made that epic! *** 10. List the Olympians. __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ 11. The conflict of a story is the ________________________________________. 12. Explain what oral tradition is. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Why do Greek gods and goddesses have Roman names? Explain. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Stories show a sequence of cause and effect. Please explain what cause and effect is (without saying “cause and effect”). ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: _________________________________________________ Period: ___________ Date: _____________________________ 15. Complete the following Cause and Effect boxes from previous stories we’ve read. CAUSE EFFECT Arachne challenged the goddess, Athene. Icarus drowned in the sea below him. Hades kidnapped Persephone. There are 4 seasons on Earth. (Demeter and Persephone) EXTRA CAUSE AND EFFECT A student forgot to do his homework. Name: _________________________________________________ Period: ___________ Date: _____________________________ Review: Please identify the parts to a plot chart. Note: For the Mythology Unit test, please be prepared to read a new myth and identify story elements, theme, characters, and mythology elements.