LAT: Pset

1. Which city is the capital of the United States of America?

a. !Washington D.C
b. Albany
c. Los Angeles
d. Seattle
2. How many countries are inside the United Kingdom?
a. !Four
b. Three
c. Two
d. One
3. Which of these is NOT a city in Saudi Arabia?
a. Mecca
b. !Dubai
c. Medina
d. Riyadh
4. There are no roads inout of Juneau, Alaska.
a. False
b. !True
5. Which is the largest city in Morocco?
a. Sale
b. Rabat
c. Fes
d. !Casablanca
6. Israel is 7 hours ahead of New York.
a. !True
b. False
7. Which of the following language families is the most controversial amongst modern
linguists?
a. SinoTibetan
b. !Altaic
c. Dravidian
d. IndoEuropean
8. The Southeast Asian island of Borneo is politically divided among 3 countries.
a. False
b. !True
9. What is the capital city of Slovenia?
a. !Ljubljana
b. Maribor
c. Trbovlje
d. Velenje
10. The emblem on the flag of the Republic of Tajikistan features a sunrise over mountains
below what symbol?
a. Bird
b. !Crown
c. Tree
d. Sickle
1. Neptune039;s greek name was...

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a. Ares
b. !Poseidon
c. Apollo
d. Zeus
2. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the ash tree
Yggdrasil?
a. !Nidhogg
b. Ymir
c. Odin
d. Bragi
3. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?
a. Hector
b. !Paris
c. Helen
d. Pericles
4. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?
a. !Norse
b. Hindu
c. Egyptian
d. Greek
5. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?
a. Menu
b. Mut
c. !Min
d. Meret
6. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.
a. !False
b. True
7. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. Pegasus
b. Minotaur
c. !Centaur
d. Gorgon
8. What mytological creatures have women039;s faces and vultures039; bodies?
a. Lilith
b. Nymph
c. Mermaids
d. !Harpies
9. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?
a. Mui
b. !039;Oro
c. Hina
d. Kohara
10. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?
a. Frigg
b. Balder
c. !Odin
d. Thor

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1. What was the punishment for Sysiphus039;s craftiness?
a. Tied to a boulder for eternity, being pecked by birds.
b. Standing in a lake filled with water he could not drink.
c. To fell a tree that regenerated after every axe swing.
d. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.
2. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other things.
a. !Athena
b. Artemis
c. Ares
d. Apollo
3. Who was the Roman god of fire?
a. Jupiter
b. !Vulcan
c. Mercury
d. Apollo
4. Neptune039;s greek name was...
a. Ares
b. Zeus
c. !Poseidon
d. Apollo
5. Hera is god of...
a. !Marriage
b. Agriculture
c. Sea
d. War
6. Who was the King of Gods in Ancient Greek mythology?
a. Hermes
b. Apollo
c. !Zeus
d. Poseidon
7. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?
a. Ariel
b. Alana
c. Athena
d. !Ariadne
8. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.
a. !True
b. False
9. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?
a. !Dionysus
b. Demeter
c. Apollo
d. Hephaestus
10. The Nike apparel and footwear brand takes it039;s name from the Greek goddess of
what?
a. Courage
b. Honor
c. Strength
d. !Victory

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