ENGL: Pset

1. Which of these countries is quot;doubly landlockedquot; surrounded entirely by one or

more landlocked countries?
a. Ethiopia
b. Switzerland
c. !Uzbekistan
d. Bolivia
2. Kuala Lumpur is the capital of which country?
a. !Malaysia
b. Singapore
c. Indonesia
d. Thailand
3. Which Russian oblast forms a border with Poland?
a. Nizhny Novgorod
b. !Kaliningrad
c. Omsk
d. Samara
4. The Southeast Asian island of Borneo is politically divided among 3 countries.
a. False
b. !True
5. What event led to Liechenstein adding a crown to its flag?
a. Charles VI039;s decree in 1719
b. !The 1936 Olympics
c. Coronation of Prince Johann I Joseph in 1805
d. Signing of the 1862 Constitution of Liechtenstein
6. How tall is One World Trade Center in New York City?
a. 1,225 ft
b. 1,960 ft
c. 1,888 ft
d. !1,776 ft
7. What is the highest mountain in the world?
a. Kangchenjunga
b. !Mt. Everest
c. Annapurna
d. Mount Godwin Austen
8. Norway has a larger land area than Sweden.
a. !False
b. True
9. New Haven is the capital city of the state of Connecticut in the United States.
a. !False
b. True
10. What mountain range lines the border between Spain and France?
a. Carpathians
b. !Pyrenees
c. Urals
d. Alps
1. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. Daedalus

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b. Castor
c. Odysseus
d. !Jason
2. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?
a. Alana
b. Ariel
c. Athena
d. !Ariadne
3. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?
a. !Dionysus
b. Demeter
c. Hephaestus
d. Apollo
4. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?
a. Athena
b. !Hera
c. Aphrodite
d. Hestia
5. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?
a. Greek and Chinese
b. Greek, Roman and Norse
c. !Greek and Roman
d. Roman and Spanish
6. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape of which
animal?
a. Crocodile
b. Monkey
c. !Spider
d. Wild dog
7. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. Kabocha
b. Nasu
c. Soba
d. !Cucumbers
8. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?
a. Asger
b. Ake
c. Asmund
d. !Ask
9. What is the name of the Greek god of peaceful deaths?
a. Moros
b. Hades
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. !Aristaeus
b. Cephisso
c. Carme

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d. Autonoe
1. According to Algonquian folklore, how does one transform into a Wendigo?
a. Performing a ritual involving murder.
b. Drinking the blood of many slain animals.
c. !Participating in cannibalism.
d. Excessive mutilation of animal corpses.
2. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?
a. Zeus
b. Athena
c. !Apollo
d. Demeter
3. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.
a. !True
b. False
4. According to Norse mythology, Loki is a mother.
a. False
b. !True
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. Athena
b. Artemis
c. Aphrodite
d. !Apollo
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. !Orpheus
d. Perseus
7. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?
a. Hestia
b. !Hera
c. Aphrodite
d. Athena
8. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. Gorgon
b. Minotaur
c. !Centaur
d. Pegasus
9. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.
a. !True
b. False
10. What animal did Queen Pasipahe sleep with before she gave birth to the Minotaur in
Greek Mythology?
a. Pig
b. !Bull
c. Ox
d. Horse

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