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CSC296 Exercise 1
CSC296 Exercise 1
a. !Participating in cannibalism.
b. Excessive mutilation of animal
corpses.
c. Performing a ritual involving
murder.
d. Drinking the blood of many slain
animals.
3. 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. Dysnomia
d. Charon
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. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. Castor
b. Daedalus
c. !Jason
d. Odysseus
3. This Greek goddess039;s name was chosen for the dwarf planet responsible for
discord on Pluto039;s classification amongst astronomers.
a. !Eris
b. Dysnomia
c. Ceres
d. Charon
6. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
Underworld.
a. True
b. !False
7. 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
9. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and
quot;Muninnquot;. What do their names mean?
a. Sleeping amp; Waking
b. !Thought amp; Memory
c. War amp; Learning
d. Power amp; Peace
10. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?
a. Asmund
b. !Ask
c. Ake
d. Asger
2. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Daedalus
b. !Orpheus
c. Perseus
d. Hercules
8. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape
of which animal?
a. Wild dog
b. Crocodile
c. !Spider
d. Monkey
9. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it
under a long white cloud?
a. !New Zealand
b. Hawaii
c. Fiji
d. Vanuatu
10. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?
a. Ake
b. Asger
c. !Ask
d. Asmund