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ST CLARE COLLEGE OF CALOOCAN

PRELIM EXAMINATION – LIT 102

INSTRUCTION: Answer the following questions from the previous stories we have discussed. Precisely
elaborate your answer legibly.

A. Prometheus and Pandora

1. Why was Zeus afraid of man obtaining fire?


2. How was the curiosity of Pandora that prompt her to open the box change the life of humankind?
3. Should Prometheus be seen as an arrogant deceiver of Zeus or as a champion of mankind's rights
and privileges? Is he a hero or a villain?
4. Zeus wanted Pandora to open the box, and ensured she would do so by making her curious.
How is this similar or different to the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

B. Deucalion and Pyrrha

1. What act of dishonor to gods and goddesses that led Zeus to destroy humankind by a great flood?
2. What was the main reason that Deucalion and Pyrrha survived the flood?
3. How do Deucalion and Pyrrha repopulate the world with mortals?
4. What biblical story does the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha is similar with? Give some similarities
and contradictions between the two.

ST CLARE COLLEGE OF CALOOCAN


PRELIM EXAMINATION – LIT 102

INSTRUCTION: Answer the following questions from the previous stories we have discussed. Precisely
elaborate your answer legibly.

A. Prometheus and Pandora

1. Why was Zeus afraid of man obtaining fire?


2. How was the curiosity of Pandora that prompt her to open the box change the life of humankind?
3. Should Prometheus be seen as an arrogant deceiver of Zeus or as a champion of mankind's rights
and privileges? Is he a hero or a villain?
4. Zeus wanted Pandora to open the box, and ensured she would do so by making her curious.
How is this similar or different to the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

B. Deucalion and Pyrrha

1. What act of dishonor to gods and goddesses that led Zeus to destroy humankind by a great flood?
2. What was the main reason that Deucalion and Pyrrha survived the flood?
3. How do Deucalion and Pyrrha repopulate the world with mortals?
4. What biblical story does the story of Deucalion and Pyrrha is similar with? Give some similarities
and contradictions between the two.

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