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This document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of mythology from various cultures like Greek, Roman, Norse and others. It covers topics like gods/goddesses and their domains, mythical creatures, and stories/characters from mythologies. The questions have a single correct answer out of 4 options for each one.

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CSC243 Example 1

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of mythology from various cultures like Greek, Roman, Norse and others. It covers topics like gods/goddesses and their domains, mythical creatures, and stories/characters from mythologies. The questions have a single correct answer out of 4 options for each one.

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1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?

a. Sardinia
b. Cyprus
c. Sicily
d. !Crete

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


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

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

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. False
b. !True

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

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


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

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


a. !True
b. False

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


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

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

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


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

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


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

4. Who was the Roman god of fire?


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

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

6. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?


a. Juno
b. !Janus
c. Vulcan
d. Mars
7. A minotaur is half human half what?
a. Horse
b. !Bull
c. Cow
d. Eagle

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


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

9. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.


a. !False
b. True

10. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?


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

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

2. Hera is god of...


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

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


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

4. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


a. Hindu
b. !Norse
c. Greek
d. Egyptian

5. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?


a. Hephaestus
b. Apollo
c. !Dionysus
d. Demeter

6. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it
under a long white cloud?
a. Vanuatu
b. Fiji
c. !New Zealand
d. Hawaii

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


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

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


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

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. Ares
b. !Eris
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. Ox
c. Pig
d. Horse

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