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PHYS335 Exercise 7

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of gods and figures from various mythologies such as Greek, Roman, Norse and others. The questions cover topics like the names of gods, their domains and roles, and stories and characters from mythology.

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PHYS335 Exercise 7

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of gods and figures from various mythologies such as Greek, Roman, Norse and others. The questions cover topics like the names of gods, their domains and roles, and stories and characters from mythology.

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1. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?

a. Zeus
b. !Apollo
c. Athena
d. Demeter

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


a. !True
b. False

3. Who was the Roman god of fire?


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

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

5. 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

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


a. True
b. !False

8. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?


a. Dyntos
b. Vulcan
c. !Hephaestus
d. Artagatus

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

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


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

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

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


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

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

4. Neptune039;s greek name was...


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

5. 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. Ceres
d. Charon

6. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?


a. Helen
b. Hector
c. Pericles
d. !Paris

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


a. True
b. !False

8. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.


a. !False
b. True

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


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

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

1. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?
a. Demeter
b. Athena
c. Zeus
d. !Apollo

2. 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. Dysnomia
d. Ceres

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

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


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

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


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

6. 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

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


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

8. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and
quot;Muninnquot;. What do their names mean?
a. Sleeping amp; Waking
b. !Thought amp; Memory
c. War amp; Learning
d. Power amp; Peace

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


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

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

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