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MED Lecture 4
MED Lecture 4
a. Demeter
b. Athena
c. Zeus
d. !Apollo
3. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
Underworld.
a. !False
b. True
4. 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. !True
b. False
9. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and
quot;Muninnquot;. What do their names mean?
a. Power amp; Peace
b. War amp; Learning
c. Sleeping amp; Waking
d. !Thought amp; Memory
10. What is the name of the Greek god of peaceful deaths?
a. Moros
b. Hades
c. !Thanatos
d. Tartarus
2. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other
things.
a. !Athena
b. Apollo
c. Ares
d. Artemis
4. Which Greek amp; Roman god was known as the god of music, truth and prophecy,
healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more?
a. Artemis
b. Athena
c. !Apollo
d. Aphrodite
5. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Perseus
b. Daedalus
c. Hercules
d. !Orpheus
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. Cephisso
d. Carme
4. This Greek goddess039;s name was chosen for the dwarf planet responsible for
discord on Pluto039;s classification amongst astronomers.
a. !Eris
b. Charon
c. Ceres
d. Dysnomia
7. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. !True
b. False
8. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape
of which animal?
a. Wild dog
b. !Spider
c. Crocodile
d. Monkey
9. The Nike apparel and footwear brand takes it039;s name from the Greek goddess of
what?
a. Honor
b. Courage
c. !Victory
d. Strength
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. Ares
b. Hades
c. Artemis
d. !Eris