ENGL344 Assignment 4

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

a. Drinking the blood of many slain


animals.
b. Excessive mutilation of animal
corpses.
c. Performing a ritual involving
murder.
d. !Participating in cannibalism.

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

3. Hera is god of...


a. Sea
b. War
c. Agriculture
d. !Marriage

4. A minotaur is half human half what?


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

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


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

6. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. !True
b. False

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


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

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


a. Ake
b. Asger
c. !Ask
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. !Eris
b. Artemis
c. Hades
d. Ares

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

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

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 Lion
b. A Dragon
c. A Tiger
d. !A Horse

3. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. !Jason
b. Daedalus
c. Castor
d. Odysseus

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


a. False
b. !True

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


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

6. 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

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


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

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


a. !False
b. True

9. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.


a. !Tree
b. Mountain
c. Castle
d. Temple

10. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. !Cucumbers
b. Soba
c. Nasu
d. Kabocha

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


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

2. Neptune039;s greek name was...


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

3. Hera is god of...


a. War
b. Sea
c. Agriculture
d. !Marriage

4. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
Underworld.
a. True
b. !False

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

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

7. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?


a. Athena
b. Aphrodite
c. Hestia
d. !Hera

8. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?


a. Lachesis
b. !Narcissus
c. Atropos
d. Clotho

9. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.


a. Mountain
b. Temple
c. Castle
d. !Tree

10. Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure?


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

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