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1. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?

a. Enlil
b. Enkimdu
c. !Enkidu
d. Enki

2. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the
ash tree Yggdrasil?
a. Odin
b. Bragi
c. !Nidhogg
d. Ymir

3. 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

4. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine?


a. Hephaestus
b. !Dionysus
c. Apollo
d. Demeter

5. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?


a. Meret
b. !Min
c. Mut
d. Menu

6. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. False
b. !True

7. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it
under a long white cloud?
a. Fiji
b. Vanuatu
c. !New Zealand
d. Hawaii

8. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?


a. Mui
b. !039;Oro
c. Kohara
d. Hina

9. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.


a. Kabocha
b. !Cucumbers
c. Soba
d. Nasu

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. !Eris
b. Hades
c. Ares
d. Artemis

1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. Sicily
b. !Crete
c. Sardinia
d. Cyprus

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


a. Performing a ritual involving
murder.
b. !Participating in cannibalism.
c. Drinking the blood of many slain
animals.
d. Excessive mutilation of animal
corpses.

3. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other
things.
a. !Athena
b. Ares
c. Artemis
d. Apollo

4. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Hercules
b. !Orpheus
c. Daedalus
d. Perseus

5. Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?


a. Meret
b. !Min
c. Mut
d. Menu

6. A minotaur is half human half what?


a. Horse
b. Cow
c. Eagle
d. !Bull

7. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?


a. !Centaur
b. Gorgon
c. Minotaur
d. Pegasus

8. In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape
of which animal?
a. Crocodile
b. Monkey
c. Wild dog
d. !Spider

9. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.


a. Mountain
b. !Tree
c. Temple
d. Castle

10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as
cheese making and bee keeping.
a. Autonoe
b. Carme
c. !Aristaeus
d. Cephisso

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