LAT: Review

1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. Sicily
b. Sardinia
c. !Crete
d. Cyprus
2. Neptune039;s greek name was...
a. Apollo
b. !Poseidon
c. Ares
d. Zeus
3. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the ash tree
Yggdrasil?
a. Odin
b. !Nidhogg
c. Bragi
d. Ymir
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. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Perseus
b. Daedalus
c. !Orpheus
d. Hercules
6. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?
a. !Set
b. Horus
c. Ra
d. Anhur
7. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. !True
b. False
8. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?
a. Roman and Spanish
b. Greek, Roman and Norse
c. !Greek and Roman
d. Greek and Chinese
9. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?
a. !Ask
b. Ake
c. Asmund
d. Asger
10. Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure?
a. Odin
b. Balder

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c. !Loki
d. Thor
1. Which of these is NOT a city in Saudi Arabia?
a. !Dubai
b. Riyadh
c. Mecca
d. Medina
2. The Republic of Malta is the smallest microstate worldwide.
a. True
b. !False
3. Which of the following European languages is classified as a quot;language
isolate?quot;
a. Maltese
b. Galician
c. Hungarian
d. !Basque
4. How many countries does the United States share a land border with?
a. 1
b. 3
c. !2
d. 4
5. What North American tourist attraction is served by the quot;Maid of the Mistquot; tour
company?
a. Disney World
b. !Niagara Falls
c. Yosemite National Park
d. Whistler, British Columbia
6. What is the name of the formerly rich fishing grounds off the island of Newfoundland,
Canada?
a. !Grand Banks
b. Hudson Bay
c. Mariana Trench
d. Great Barrier Reef
7. Which of these countries is the smallest by population?
a. Hong Kong
b. Finland
c. !Norway
d. Slovakia
8. What is the smallest country in the world?
a. Malta
b. !Vatican City
c. Maldives
d. Monaco
9. Norway has a larger land area than Sweden.
a. !False
b. True
10. What is the largest freshwater lake by volume?
a. Lake Michigan
b. Lake Huron

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c. !Lake Baikal
d. Lake Superior
1. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.
a. False
b. !True
2. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?
a. Juno
b. Vulcan
c. Mars
d. !Janus
3. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.
a. Tyr
b. !Jens
c. Snotra
d. Loki
4. In Greek mythology, Hera is the goddess of harvest.
a. !False
b. True
5. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?
a. !Dionysus
b. Apollo
c. Hephaestus
d. Demeter
6. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?
a. Athena
b. Hestia
c. Aphrodite
d. !Hera
7. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?
a. Atropos
b. Clotho
c. !Narcissus
d. Lachesis
8. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.
a. False
b. !True
9. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?
a. Balder
b. Frigg
c. !Odin
d. Thor
10. What is the name of the Greek god of peaceful deaths?
a. Tartarus
b. !Thanatos
c. Hades
d. Moros

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