PSY: Essay

1. According to Algonquian folklore, how does one transform into a Wendigo?

a. Excessive mutilation of animal corpses.
b. Drinking the blood of many slain animals.
c. Performing a ritual involving murder.
d. !Participating in cannibalism.
2. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?
a. !Dionysus
b. Apollo
c. Demeter
d. Hephaestus
3. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. !True
b. False
4. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?
a. !Greek and Roman
b. Greek, Roman and Norse
c. Greek and Chinese
d. Roman and Spanish
5. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it under
a long white cloud?
a. Hawaii
b. Fiji
c. Vanuatu
d. !New Zealand
6. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.
a. !True
b. False
7. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?
a. Mui
b. Kohara
c. !039;Oro
d. Hina
8. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and quot;Muninnquot;.
What do their names mean?
a. !Thought amp; Memory
b. War amp; Learning
c. Power amp; Peace
d. Sleeping amp; Waking
9. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?
a. Ake
b. Asmund
c. Asger
d. !Ask
10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as cheese
making and bee keeping.
a. Autonoe
b. Cephisso

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c. Carme
d. !Aristaeus
1. The flag of South Africa features 7 colours.
a. !False
b. True
2. The prefix Sino As in SinoAmerican is used to refer to what nationality?
a. !Chinese
b. Russian
c. Indian
d. Japanese
3. The mountainous Khyber Pass connects which of the two following countries?
a. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
b. Pakistan and India
c. !Afghanistan and Pakistan
d. India and Nepal
4. What is the name of one of the NeoAramaic languages spoken by the Jewish population
from Northwestern Iraq?
a. !Lishana Deni
b. Hulaulaacute;
c. Chaldean NeoAramaic
d. Lishan Didan
5. The longest place named in the United States is Lake
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, located near Webster, MA.
a. False
b. !True
6. Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world?
a. Caspian Sea
b. Lake Michigan
c. !Lake Superior
d. Lake Huron
7. Which of these African countries list quot;Spanishquot; as an official language?
a. Angola
b. Guinea
c. Cameroon
d. !Equatorial Guinea
8. What is the capital of the US State of New York?
a. Rochester
b. New York
c. Buffalo
d. !Albany
9. What is the capital of Wisconsin, USA?
a. Green Bay
b. !Madison
c. Wisconsin Dells
d. Milwaukee
10. Which of the following is not a megadiverse country one that harbors a high number of
the earth039;s endemic species?
a. South Africa
b. Peru

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c. !Thailand
d. Mexico
1. The Hippogriff, not to be confused with the Griffon, is a magical creature with the front
half of an eagle, and the back half of what?
a. A Dragon
b. A Lion
c. !A Horse
d. A Tiger
2. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.
a. !True
b. False
3. Which Greek amp; Roman god was known as the god of music, truth and prophecy,
healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more?
a. Artemis
b. Aphrodite
c. !Apollo
d. Athena
4. 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
5. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?
a. Hestia
b. Athena
c. !Hera
d. Aphrodite
6. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?
a. Vulcan
b. Dyntos
c. !Hephaestus
d. Artagatus
7. What mytological creatures have women039;s faces and vultures039; bodies?
a. Mermaids
b. Lilith
c. !Harpies
d. Nymph
8. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?
a. !039;Oro
b. Mui
c. Kohara
d. Hina
9. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?
a. !Odin
b. Frigg
c. Balder
d. Thor
10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as cheese

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making and bee keeping.
a. !Aristaeus
b. Cephisso
c. Carme
d. Autonoe

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