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1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?

a. !Crete
b. Sardinia
c. Sicily
d. Cyprus

2. According to Algonquian folklore, how does one transform into a Wendigo?


a. Drinking the blood of many slain
animals.
b. Performing a ritual involving
murder.
c. Excessive mutilation of animal
corpses.
d. !Participating in cannibalism.

3. Who was the King of Gods in Ancient Greek mythology?


a. !Zeus
b. Hermes
c. Apollo
d. Poseidon

4. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


a. Greek
b. Egyptian
c. Hindu
d. !Norse

5. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?


a. Demeter
b. Hephaestus
c. !Dionysus
d. Apollo

6. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.


a. True
b. !False

7. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?


a. Dyntos
b. Artagatus
c. Vulcan
d. !Hephaestus

8. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?


a. !Set
b. Horus
c. Ra
d. Anhur

9. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?


a. Frigg
b. Balder
c. Thor
d. !Odin

10. What is the name of the Greek god of peaceful deaths?


a. Hades
b. Tartarus
c. Moros
d. !Thanatos

1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. Cyprus
b. !Crete
c. Sicily
d. Sardinia

2. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?
a. Demeter
b. Athena
c. Zeus
d. !Apollo

3. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other
things.
a. Ares
b. Artemis
c. Apollo
d. !Athena

4. Neptune039;s greek name was...


a. Apollo
b. Ares
c. Zeus
d. !Poseidon

5. According to Norse mythology, Loki is a mother.


a. False
b. !True

6. The greek god Poseidon was the god of what?


a. Sun
b. War
c. !The Sea
d. Fire

7. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Perseus
b. Hercules
c. Daedalus
d. !Orpheus

8. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it
under a long white cloud?
a. Vanuatu
b. !New Zealand
c. Hawaii
d. Fiji

9. What mytological creatures have women039;s faces and vultures039; bodies?


a. Mermaids
b. Nymph
c. Lilith
d. !Harpies

10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as
cheese making and bee keeping.
a. Autonoe
b. !Aristaeus
c. Carme
d. Cephisso

1. According to Algonquian folklore, how does one transform into a Wendigo?


a. !Participating in cannibalism.
b. Performing a ritual involving
murder.
c. Excessive mutilation of animal
corpses.
d. Drinking the blood of many slain
animals.

2. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?


a. Enlil
b. Enkimdu
c. !Enkidu
d. Enki

3. This Greek goddess039;s name was chosen for the dwarf planet responsible for
discord on Pluto039;s classification amongst astronomers.
a. Charon
b. Ceres
c. !Eris
d. Dysnomia

4. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the
ash tree Yggdrasil?
a. !Nidhogg
b. Bragi
c. Ymir
d. Odin

5. Rannamaari was a sea demon that haunted the people of the Maldives and had to be
appeased monthly with the sacrifice of a virgin girl.
a. False
b. !True

6. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?


a. Dyntos
b. Artagatus
c. Vulcan
d. !Hephaestus

7. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?


a. Anhur
b. !Set
c. Horus
d. Ra

8. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?


a. Greek, Roman and Norse
b. Roman and Spanish
c. !Greek and Roman
d. Greek and Chinese

9. Which greek godgoddess tossed a golden apple with the words quot;for the
fairestquot; into the middle of the feast of the gods?
a. !Eris
b. Ares
c. Hades
d. Artemis

10. What animal did Queen Pasipahe sleep with before she gave birth to the Minotaur
in Greek Mythology?
a. !Bull
b. Ox
c. Pig
d. Horse

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