URBN: Report

1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. Sicily
b. !Crete
c. Cyprus
d. Sardinia
2. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other things.
a. Apollo
b. !Athena
c. Ares
d. Artemis
3. Hera is god of...
a. Agriculture
b. War
c. Sea
d. !Marriage
4. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.
a. False
b. !True
5. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?
a. Horus
b. Anhur
c. !Set
d. Ra
6. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. Gorgon
b. !Centaur
c. Pegasus
d. Minotaur
7. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape of which
animal?
a. Wild dog
b. !Spider
c. Monkey
d. Crocodile
8. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.
a. True
b. !False
9. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?
a. Hina
b. !039;Oro
c. Mui
d. Kohara
10. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.
a. Mountain
b. !Tree
c. Temple

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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. Tied to a boulder for eternity, being pecked by birds.
c. To fell a tree that regenerated after every axe swing.
d. Standing in a lake filled with water he could not drink.
2. Who was the Roman god of fire?
a. Mercury
b. Apollo
c. !Vulcan
d. Jupiter
3. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.
a. !True
b. False
4. 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
5. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?
a. Hector
b. Helen
c. Pericles
d. !Paris
6. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?
a. Mut
b. Menu
c. Meret
d. !Min
7. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?
a. Lachesis
b. Clotho
c. !Narcissus
d. Atropos
8. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?
a. Greek and Chinese
b. Roman and Spanish
c. !Greek and Roman
d. Greek, Roman and Norse
9. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape of which
animal?
a. !Spider
b. Monkey
c. Wild dog
d. Crocodile
10. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.
a. Mountain
b. !Tree
c. Castle

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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 Tiger
b. A Dragon
c. !A Horse
d. A Lion
2. Who was the Roman god of fire?
a. Apollo
b. Mercury
c. Jupiter
d. !Vulcan
3. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?
a. Enlil
b. Enki
c. !Enkidu
d. Enkimdu
4. This Greek goddess039;s name was chosen for the dwarf planet responsible for discord
on Pluto039;s classification amongst astronomers.
a. Ceres
b. Dysnomia
c. !Eris
d. Charon
5. Who was the King of Gods in Ancient Greek mythology?
a. Poseidon
b. Hermes
c. !Zeus
d. Apollo
6. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.
a. False
b. !True
7. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the Underworld.
a. !False
b. True
8. 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. !Orpheus
d. Hercules
9. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.
a. Mountain
b. !Tree
c. Castle
d. Temple
10. What animal did Queen Pasipahe sleep with before she gave birth to the Minotaur in
Greek Mythology?
a. Horse
b. Pig

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d. !Bull

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