LAT: Worksheet

1. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. Castor
b. !Jason
c. Odysseus
d. Daedalus
2. Who was the Roman god of fire?
a. !Vulcan
b. Apollo
c. Jupiter
d. Mercury
3. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?
a. Alana
b. Athena
c. Ariel
d. !Ariadne
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. False
b. !True
5. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?
a. Egyptian
b. Hindu
c. Greek
d. !Norse
6. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?
a. !Hera
b. Hestia
c. Athena
d. Aphrodite
7. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it under
a long white cloud?
a. Fiji
b. Vanuatu
c. !New Zealand
d. Hawaii
8. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.
a. !False
b. True
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. Ox
b. Horse
c. !Bull
d. Pig

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1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. !Crete
b. Sicily
c. Cyprus
d. Sardinia
2. The ancient Roman god of war was commonly known as which of the following?
a. Ares
b. Jupiter
c. !Mars
d. Juno
3. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other things.
a. !Athena
b. Artemis
c. Apollo
d. Ares
4. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. Daedalus
b. !Jason
c. Odysseus
d. Castor
5. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the ash tree
Yggdrasil?
a. Ymir
b. !Nidhogg
c. Odin
d. Bragi
6. The greek god Poseidon was the god of what?
a. Fire
b. War
c. Sun
d. !The Sea
7. In Greek mythology, Hera is the goddess of harvest.
a. !False
b. True
8. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?
a. Athena
b. !Hera
c. Hestia
d. Aphrodite
9. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.
a. !False
b. True
10. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.
a. Castle
b. Mountain
c. !Tree
d. Temple
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a. Jupiter
b. !Mars
c. Juno
d. Ares
2. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.
a. False
b. !True
3. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the Underworld.
a. !False
b. True
4. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.
a. Loki
b. Snotra
c. !Jens
d. Tyr
5. A minotaur is half human half what?
a. Horse
b. Eagle
c. !Bull
d. Cow
6. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?
a. Dyntos
b. Artagatus
c. Vulcan
d. !Hephaestus
7. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?
a. Anhur
b. !Set
c. Ra
d. Horus
8. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. Gorgon
b. Pegasus
c. Minotaur
d. !Centaur
9. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?
a. Atropos
b. Clotho
c. !Narcissus
d. Lachesis
10. What is the name of the Greek god of peaceful deaths?
a. Hades
b. Moros
c. !Thanatos
d. Tartarus

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