Man the Mythmaker test: Thursday, March 7
Format
Objective section
 matching (of character with description)
 multiple choice (regarding story/myth content, character, archetypes)
Paragraph-long response section
 one question looking at a short writing you have not seen before, applying it to an
archetype we have studied
 one question comparing two characters we have studied (for example, Eve and
Pandora) concerning one or more of the archetypes we have studied
Content
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Know the definition of myth and archetype
Know and be able to apply the major archetypes we have studied and the stories
with which they are associated:
o Golden Age (we read these examples first semester, but know the basic
pattern of this archetype)
o God Teacher
 “Prometheus” (pp. 32-36) (Zeus and Prometheus)
 “Old Man” (pp. 37-38) (Old Man)
 “The Program” (pp. 57-69) (Moonwatcher and the crystal)
o End of Childhood
 “Pandora” (pp. 74-75) (Prometheus, Epimetheus, Zeus, Pandora)
 “It Is Better To Die Forever” (pp. 78-79) (Old Man and Old
Woman)
 “Blackberries” (Handout) (the boy, his mother, and his father)
o Cataracts of Heaven
 “The Flood” (pp. 147-149) (Zeus, Deucalion, Pyrrha)
 Genesis 6–9 : Noah’s Ark (handout ) (Noah, the dove, the
rainbow)
o Human Year
 “Demeter and Persephone” (pp. 234-240) (Aphrodite, Demeter,
Persephone, Hades, Zeus)
 “Adonis” (pp. 241-242) (Venus and Adonis)
 “The Gettysburg Address” (p. 262)
 “Aztec Lamentation” (p. 263)
Know the following vocabulary words: desiccate, emaciate, quiescence,
succulent, luminescence
Review for the Myth Test on Friday
Look through the stories we have read in Man the Mythmaker and identify the story’s
archetype and characters, as well as give a 1-2 sentence summary of the reading.
“Prometheus” (pp. 32-36)
Archetype:
Characters:
Summary:
“Old Man” (pp. 37-38)
Archetype:
Characters:
Summary:
“The Program” (pp. 57-69)
Archetype:
Characters:
Summary:
“Pandora” (pp. 74-75)
Archetype:
Characters:
Summary:
“It Is Better To Die Forever” (pp. 78-79)
Archetype:
Characters:
Summary:
“Blackberries” handout
Archetype:
Characters:
Summary:
“The Flood” (pp. 147-149)
Archetype:
Characters:
Summary:
“Genesis 6-9: Noah’s Ark” handout
Archetype:
Characters:
Summary:
“Demeter and Persephone” (pp. 234-240)
Archetype:
Characters:
Summary:
“Adonis” (pp. 241-242)
Archetype:
Characters:
Summary:
“The Gettysburg Address” (p. 262)
Archetype:
Characters:
Summary:
“Aztec Lamentation” (p. 263)
Archetype:
Characters:
Summary: