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1. Who was the Roman god of fire?

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

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


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

3. 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

4. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?


a. Artagatus
b. Vulcan
c. Dyntos
d. !Hephaestus

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

6. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape
of which animal?
a. Crocodile
b. !Spider
c. Wild dog
d. Monkey

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


a. False
b. !True

8. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.


a. !Tree
b. Temple
c. Mountain
d. Castle

9. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?


a. Balder
b. Frigg
c. Thor
d. !Odin
10. Which greek godgoddess tossed a golden apple with the words quot;for the
fairestquot; into the middle of the feast of the gods?
a. Ares
b. Artemis
c. !Eris
d. Hades

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


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

2. 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. Excessive mutilation of animal
corpses.
d. !Participating in cannibalism.

3. Who was the King of Gods in Ancient Greek mythology?


a. Hermes
b. Apollo
c. !Zeus
d. Poseidon

4. According to Norse mythology, Loki is a mother.


a. False
b. !True

5. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Hercules
b. Perseus
c. Daedalus
d. !Orpheus

6. A minotaur is half human half what?


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

1. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.


a. !True
b. False

2. 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

3. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


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

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


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

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


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

6. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?


a. Lachesis
b. !Narcissus
c. Atropos
d. Clotho

7. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape
of which animal?
a. Monkey
b. Wild dog
c. Crocodile
d. !Spider

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


a. !True
b. False

9. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?


a. Frigg
b. Thor
c. Balder
d. !Odin

10. Which greek godgoddess tossed a golden apple with the words quot;for the
fairestquot; into the middle of the feast of the gods?
a. Artemis
b. Hades
c. Ares
d. !Eris

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