UNIV320 Problems 8

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1. Who was the Roman god of fire?

a. Mercury
b. Apollo
c. Jupiter
d. !Vulcan

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


a. !True
b. False

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

4. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.


a. Loki
b. Snotra
c. !Jens
d. Tyr

5. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


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

6. A minotaur is half human half what?


a. Eagle
b. !Bull
c. Cow
d. Horse

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


a. True
b. !False

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


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

9. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?


a. !039;Oro
b. Mui
c. Kohara
d. Hina
10. 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. Artemis
d. Hades

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

2. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?


a. !Janus
b. Vulcan
c. Juno
d. Mars

3. In Greek mythology, Hera is the goddess of harvest.


a. True
b. !False

4. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?


a. Pegasus
b. !Centaur
c. Gorgon
d. Minotaur

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


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

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

7. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.


a. !False
b. True

8. 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. Artemis
d. Hades

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

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

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

2. What was the punishment for Sysiphus039;s craftiness?


a. Standing in a lake filled with
water he could not drink.
b. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a
hill for eternity.
c. To fell a tree that regenerated
after every axe swing.
d. Tied to a boulder for eternity,
being pecked by birds.

3. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?


a. Ariel
b. !Ariadne
c. Alana
d. Athena

4. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.


a. False
b. !True

5. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
Underworld.
a. !False
b. True
6. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?
a. Hector
b. !Paris
c. Helen
d. Pericles

7. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?


a. !Min
b. Meret
c. Menu
d. Mut

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

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


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

10. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?


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

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