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SOC258 Midterm 3
SOC258 Midterm 3
a. Sea
b. War
c. !Marriage
d. Agriculture
2. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
Underworld.
a. True
b. !False
8. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it
under a long white cloud?
a. Vanuatu
b. Hawaii
c. !New Zealand
d. Fiji
1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. !Crete
b. Cyprus
c. Sicily
d. Sardinia
2. The ancient Roman god of war was commonly known as which of the following?
a. !Mars
b. Juno
c. Ares
d. Jupiter
5. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. !Orpheus
b. Daedalus
c. Hercules
d. Perseus
2. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?
a. !Apollo
b. Demeter
c. Athena
d. Zeus
3. 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 Horse
c. A Lion
d. A Tiger
10. What animal did Queen Pasipahe sleep with before she gave birth to the Minotaur
in Greek Mythology?
a. !Bull
b. Horse
c. Pig
d. Ox