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Mythology Quiz: Gods and Creatures

The documents contain multiple choice questions about figures and myths from various mythologies including Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Japanese and Maori. The questions test knowledge about gods like Zeus, Hera, Mars and Apollo, as well as creatures such as minotaurs, harpies and the Kappa. Events and characters addressed include the punishment of Sysiphus, the Argonauts quest for the Golden Fleece led by Jason, and the founding of New Zealand by Kupe.

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Mythology Quiz: Gods and Creatures

The documents contain multiple choice questions about figures and myths from various mythologies including Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Japanese and Maori. The questions test knowledge about gods like Zeus, Hera, Mars and Apollo, as well as creatures such as minotaurs, harpies and the Kappa. Events and characters addressed include the punishment of Sysiphus, the Argonauts quest for the Golden Fleece led by Jason, and the founding of New Zealand by Kupe.

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

a. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a


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

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

3. Who was the Roman god of fire?


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

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


a. !True
b. False

5. 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. Athena
d. Aphrodite

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


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

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

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


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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

5. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


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

6. A minotaur is half human half what?


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

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


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

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

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


a. !True
b. False

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


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

1. Hera is god of...


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

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


a. !True
b. False

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

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


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

5. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. False
b. !True
6. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. Gorgon
b. Pegasus
c. Minotaur
d. !Centaur

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


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

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

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


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

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

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