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TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM

EL 101- Mythology and Folklore

Preliminary Examination

Name: ___________________________ Date: ______________

Year and Section: _________________ PERMIT #: ________

INSTRUCTION: Answer the question carefully. You have 2 hours to finish the examination.
Once you are done with the exam, upload it in the google classroom. If you fail to pass the
examination on time there will be deduction in your final score. FOLLOW THE DIRECTION
CAREFULLY.
I. Identification: Identify the following. Answer in capital letters. (1 point each)
_______________1. a make-believe story about fairies, wizards, giants, or other characters who
possess magical or unusual powers
_______________2. traditions, customs, and stories of one culture or group of people
_______________3. a group of myths from a single group or culture
_______________4. He outlined the hero’s journey in Mythology.
_______________5. a collection of fables under the name of Aesop 2,000 years ago in Greece
_______________6. Goddess of love and beauty
_______________7. Goddess of wisdom in Roman mythology
_______________8. Goddess of fertility and crops in Greek mythology
_______________9. a story about the past that is considered to be true but is usually a
combination of both fact and fiction
_______________10. Stories about particular traditions, and customs about one culture or group
of people.

II. Multiple choice: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on the
space provided. (2 points each)

____1. A collection of stories and fables from Arabia, Egypt, India, and Persia.
a. Aesop’s Fables
b. A thousand and one night
c. The Panchatantra
d. The poem of Hesiod
____2. The following are the great epics of the world except;
a. The Iliad and Odyssey of the Greeks
b. The Aeneid of the Romans
c. The Mahabharata and Ramayana of India
d. Beowulf of England
e. A thousand and one night
____3. semi-divine beings with superhuman abilities due to divine parentage.
a. Demi-gods
b. Semi supernatural beings

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 c. Heroes and Heroines
d. Olympian gods
____4. It is also known as “Record of Ancient Matters”
a. Nihon Shoki
b. Shinto Shu
c. Kojiki
d. Izanami
____5. They are gods and goddesses who were tasked to solidify the land of Japan.
a. Kamiumi and Kami
b. Ame and nunohoku
c. Izanagi and Izanami

III. Enumeration:
1. Joseph Campbell’s outline for Archetypal Heroes.
2. List down the 12 literary compositions that influence the world.

IV. Fill in blanks: Complete the paragraph/sentences with appropriate words and
phrases. (1 point each)

a. 1._____________ (from the Greek 2._________ for story-of-the-people,

and 3._________ for word or speech, so the spoken story of a people) is the study and
interpretation of often 4._____________________of a culture known as myths or the
collection of such stories which deal with various aspects of the human condition: good
and evil; the meaning of suffering; human origins; the origin of place-names, animals,
cultural values, and traditions; the meaning of life and 5. ___________; the afterlife; and
celestial stories of the gods or a god. Myths express the beliefs and values about these
subjects held by a certain culture.

b. According to psychiatrist 1.___________ myth is a necessary aspect of the human 2.

_________which needs to find meaning & order in the world.

c. The concept of something greater and more powerful than one's self gives one the hope
of 1.________ and 2. __________ in an uncertain world. According to Leach and Fried,
the mysterious, holy, and powerful is “a concept of the human mind from earliest times:
the basic psychological reaction to the universe and environment which underlies all 3.
__________”

V. Essay: Answer the following. (10 point each)

1. Who is your favorite Olympian god? Describe his or her characteristic using Character
Analysis.
2. Summarize the story of Beowulf using Joseph Campbell’s outline.

SHALOM FUTURE EDUCATORS!

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