STAT310: Chapter

1. What is the capital of Peru?

a. Montevideo
b. Santiago
c. !Lima
d. Buenos Aires
2. The surface area of Russia is slightly larger than that of the dwarf planet Pluto.
a. False
b. !True
3. What is the official language of Costa Rica?
a. Portuguese
b. Creole
c. English
d. !Spanish
4. The capital of the US State Ohio is the city of Chillicothe.
a. !False
b. True
5. The land mass of modern day Turkey is called what?
a. Ismuth of Anatolia
b. Ismuth of Ottoma
c. !Anatolia
d. Ottoma
6. What is the region conjoining Pakistan, India, and China with unknown leadership
called?
a. Quin
b. !Kashmir
c. Gibraltar
d. Andorra
7. Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
a. False
b. !True
8. How many rivers are in Saudi Arabia?
a. 2
b. 1
c. 3
d. !0
9. Nova Scotia is on the east coast of Canada.
a. !True
b. False
10. Which small country is located between the borders of France and Spain?
a. !Andorra
b. San Marino
c. Lichtenstein
d. Vatican City
1. According to Algonquian folklore, how does one transform into a Wendigo?
a. Performing a ritual involving murder.
b. !Participating in cannibalism.
c. Drinking the blood of many slain animals.

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d. Excessive mutilation of animal corpses.
2. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?
a. Demeter
b. Zeus
c. !Apollo
d. Athena
3. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.
a. False
b. !True
4. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. !Jason
b. Castor
c. Odysseus
d. Daedalus
5. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?
a. Enkimdu
b. Enki
c. Enlil
d. !Enkidu
6. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?
a. Hector
b. !Paris
c. Pericles
d. Helen
7. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.
a. Tyr
b. Loki
c. !Jens
d. Snotra
8. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?
a. Hephaestus
b. !Dionysus
c. Apollo
d. Demeter
9. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. Soba
b. !Cucumbers
c. Nasu
d. Kabocha
10. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and
quot;Muninnquot;. What do their names mean?
a. Sleeping amp; Waking
b. Power amp; Peace
c. War amp; Learning
d. !Thought amp; Memory
1. The ancient Roman god of war was commonly known as which of the following?
a. Juno
b. !Mars

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c. Jupiter
d. Ares
2. Hera is god of...
a. Agriculture
b. War
c. !Marriage
d. Sea
3. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?
a. !Janus
b. Mars
c. Juno
d. Vulcan
4. The greek god Poseidon was the god of what?
a. Sun
b. !The Sea
c. War
d. Fire
5. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?
a. Apollo
b. Hephaestus
c. Demeter
d. !Dionysus
6. A minotaur is half human half what?
a. !Bull
b. Eagle
c. Cow
d. Horse
7. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?
a. Vulcan
b. !Hephaestus
c. Dyntos
d. Artagatus
8. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?
a. Mui
b. Hina
c. !039;Oro
d. Kohara
9. Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure?
a. !Loki
b. Thor
c. Balder
d. Odin
10. What animal did Queen Pasipahe sleep with before she gave birth to the Minotaur in
Greek Mythology?
a. Ox
b. Horse
c. !Bull
d. Pig

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