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    1. The document provides multiple choice questions about figures and stories from various mythologies including Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Japanese and Polynesian myths. It tests knowledge about gods/goddesses like Zeus, Poseidon, Loki, and Oro; mythical creatures like centaurs and Nidhogg; and characters like Sisyphus, Jason, and Osiris. 2. The questions cover topics like the punishment of Sisyphus, which goddess's name was given to the dwarf planet Eris, who killed Achilles, and that the centaur is said to be half-man and half-horse. 3. It also asks about less well-known myths like the

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    1. The document provides multiple choice questions about figures and stories from various mythologies including Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Japanese and Polynesian myths. It tests knowledge about gods/goddesses like Zeus, Poseidon, Loki, and Oro; mythical creatures like centaurs and Nidhogg; and characters like Sisyphus, Jason, and Osiris. 2. The questions cover topics like the punishment of Sisyphus, which goddess's name was given to the dwarf planet Eris, who killed Achilles, and that the centaur is said to be half-man and half-horse. 3. It also asks about less well-known myths like the

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    1. The document provides multiple choice questions about figures and stories from various mythologies including Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Japanese and Polynesian myths. It tests knowledge about gods/goddesses like Zeus, Poseidon, Loki, and Oro; mythical creatures like centaurs and Nidhogg; and characters like Sisyphus, Jason, and Osiris. 2. The questions cover topics like the punishment of Sisyphus, which goddess's name was given to the dwarf planet Eris, who killed Achilles, and that the centaur is said to be half-man and half-horse. 3. It also asks about less well-known myths like the

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

    a. Standing in a lake filled with


    water he could not drink.
    b. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a
    hill for eternity.
    c. To fell a tree that regenerated
    after every axe swing.
    d. Tied to a boulder for eternity,
    being pecked by birds.

    2. Hera is god of...


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

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

    4. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?


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

    5. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.


    a. Snotra
    b. Loki
    c. !Jens
    d. Tyr

    6. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


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

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


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

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


    a. !Centaur
    b. Minotaur
    c. Pegasus
    d. Gorgon
    9. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?
    a. Atropos
    b. Clotho
    c. Lachesis
    d. !Narcissus

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


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

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

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

    3. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?


    a. Enkimdu
    b. !Enkidu
    c. Enlil
    d. Enki

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

    5. 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

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


    a. War
    b. Sun
    c. !The Sea
    d. Fire
    7. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?
    a. !Hephaestus
    b. Dyntos
    c. Artagatus
    d. Vulcan

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


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

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


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

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

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