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PHIL104 Cheat Sheet 8

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about mythology from various cultures like Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Japanese, and others. It tests knowledge about gods, goddesses, mythical creatures and characters from these mythologies. The questions cover topics like the god of wine in Greek mythology, who murdered Osiris in Egyptian myths, creatures like centaurs and harpies, and characters like Jason and Orpheus.

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PHIL104 Cheat Sheet 8

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about mythology from various cultures like Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Japanese, and others. It tests knowledge about gods, goddesses, mythical creatures and characters from these mythologies. The questions cover topics like the god of wine in Greek mythology, who murdered Osiris in Egyptian myths, creatures like centaurs and harpies, and characters like Jason and Orpheus.

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1.

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

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

3. 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. !Orpheus
d. Hercules

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

8. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.


a. Kabocha
b. Soba
c. Nasu
d. !Cucumbers

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

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

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


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

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

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


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

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

5. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?


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

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


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

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


a. True
b. !False

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


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

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


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

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. Ares
c. !Eris
d. Artemis

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

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

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

4. 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. Hercules
d. !Orpheus

5. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


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

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


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

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


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

8. 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

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


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

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


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

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