Egyptian Stories (Myth-Folklore Online)

Egyptian Myths and Legends

Week 2: Ancient Near East - Assignments - Reading - Resources - Images

Reading Quiz

The following is a list of statements which are either True or False. When you take the quiz, you will have 10 of these statements, chosen at random. You may take the quiz up to five times; your average score will be recorded in the Gradebook.

Apply the 80% RULE when you are taking quizzes for these classes. In other words: don't stress about trying to get 100% on these quizzes. The quizzes are here to make sure you are ready to go on to the next activity. If you get 80% or better, you are ready to proceed. If you get less than 80% you need to go back and do the reading again (read more slowly, take notes) and take the quiz again, aiming for at least 80%.

T or F ? Isis made the earth and heavens rise up out of the waste of water.
T or F ? The gods made a beautiful bride for Bata.
T or F ? Anpu's wife tried to seduce Anpu's brother Bata.
T or F ? Isis was never able to obtain Ra's secret name.
T or F ? Hathor killed many people and waded in blood.
T or F ? The robber cut off his brother's head to make it unidentifiable.
T or F ? Isis brought Osiris back to life after he was bitten by a scorpion.
T or F ? Nefer-ka-ptah found no wisdom in the Book of Thoth.
T or F ? Thoth brought Horus back to life after he was bitten by a scorpion.
T or F ? The princess was left holding a dead man's arm when the robber ran away.
T or F ? Isis used Ra's hair to make a poisonous snake.
T or F ? Set admired his brother Osiris because of his good works.
T or F ? Bata survived as a tree even when his bull-body was killed.
T or F ? Hathor gave up slaughtering mankind to drink beer made of blood.
T or F ? Set lost an eye in his battle with his evil uncle Horus.
T or F ? Anpu killed his wife and threw her body to the dogs.
T or F ? Thoth was filled with joy when Nefer-ka-ptah read his secret book.
T or F ? Rud-dedit's servant was eaten by a crocodile.
T or F ? The scribe used a wax crocodile to retrieve the green jewel.
T or F ? Isis had Osiris's body chopped up and thrown to the crocodiles.
T or F ? The Book of Thoth was guarded by snakes and scorpions.
T or F ? Thoth wanted to have power equal to Ra's.
T or F ? Set taught people how to grind corn and knead flour
T or F ? Dedi could cut off someone's head and bring it back to life.
T or F ? The robber married the princess and lived happily ever after.

Modern Languages / Anthropology 3043: Folklore & Mythology. Laura Gibbs, Ph.D. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. You must give the original author credit. You may not use this work for commercial purposes. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to this one.
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