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1. 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. Tied to a boulder for eternity,
being pecked by birds.
d. To fell a tree that regenerated
after every axe swing.

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


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

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

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

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


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

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


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

7. 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

8. 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

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


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

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

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

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

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


a. False
b. !True

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. !Apollo
b. Artemis
c. Aphrodite
d. Athena

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


a. True
b. !False

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


a. !Set
b. Anhur
c. Ra
d. Horus
7. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape
of which animal?
a. !Spider
b. Wild dog
c. Monkey
d. Crocodile

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


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

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. Artemis
d. Hades

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

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

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

3. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.


a. !True
b. False

4. Who was the Roman god of fire?


a. Jupiter
b. Apollo
c. Mercury
d. !Vulcan
5. Hera is god of...
a. !Marriage
b. Sea
c. War
d. Agriculture

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

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


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

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

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


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

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


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

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