ANT245 Answer 9

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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

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


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

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

3. Who was the Roman god of fire?


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

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

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


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

6. A minotaur is half human half what?


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

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


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

8. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.


a. !True
b. False

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


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

10. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?


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

1. The ancient Roman god of war was commonly known as which of the following?
a. Ares
b. !Mars
c. Juno
d. Jupiter

2. The Hippogriff, not to be confused with the Griffon, is a magical creature with
the front half of an eagle, and the back half of what?
a. A Tiger
b. A Lion
c. A Dragon
d. !A Horse

3. Neptune039;s greek name was...


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

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


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

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


a. True
b. !False

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


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

8. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?


a. Ake
b. !Ask
c. Asger
d. Asmund

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. Hades
b. !Eris
c. Ares
d. Artemis

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


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

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