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    1. The document contains questions about mythological figures, creatures, and stories from Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Japanese and other mythologies. It asks the reader to identify names, relationships, and key details about gods, heroes, monsters and important myths. 2. Many questions focus on Greek mythology, asking about gods like Dionysus, Hephaestus, and Thanatos, heroes like Orpheus and Jason, and mythical creatures like centaurs and harpies. 3. Other mythological traditions represented include Norse (Odin, Nidhogg), Egyptian (Osiris, Set), Roman (Neptune, Janus), and Japanese (Kappa, cucumbers). The myths

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    1. The document contains questions about mythological figures, creatures, and stories from Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Japanese and other mythologies. It asks the reader to identify names, relationships, and key details about gods, heroes, monsters and important myths. 2. Many questions focus on Greek mythology, asking about gods like Dionysus, Hephaestus, and Thanatos, heroes like Orpheus and Jason, and mythical creatures like centaurs and harpies. 3. Other mythological traditions represented include Norse (Odin, Nidhogg), Egyptian (Osiris, Set), Roman (Neptune, Janus), and Japanese (Kappa, cucumbers). The myths

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    1. The document contains questions about mythological figures, creatures, and stories from Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Japanese and other mythologies. It asks the reader to identify names, relationships, and key details about gods, heroes, monsters and important myths. 2. Many questions focus on Greek mythology, asking about gods like Dionysus, Hephaestus, and Thanatos, heroes like Orpheus and Jason, and mythical creatures like centaurs and harpies. 3. Other mythological traditions represented include Norse (Odin, Nidhogg), Egyptian (Osiris, Set), Roman (Neptune, Janus), and Japanese (Kappa, cucumbers). The myths

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    1.

    This Greek goddess039;s name was chosen for the dwarf planet responsible for
    discord on Pluto039;s classification amongst astronomers.
    a. Charon
    b. !Eris
    c. Dysnomia
    d. Ceres

    2. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
    Underworld.
    a. True
    b. !False

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

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


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

    5. What is the name of the Greek god of blacksmiths?


    a. Artagatus
    b. Vulcan
    c. !Hephaestus
    d. Dyntos

    6. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?


    a. Horus
    b. !Set
    c. Anhur
    d. Ra

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


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

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


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

    9. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and
    quot;Muninnquot;. What do their names mean?
    a. War amp; Learning
    b. Sleeping amp; Waking
    c. !Thought amp; Memory
    d. Power amp; Peace

    10. What animal did Queen Pasipahe sleep with before she gave birth to the Minotaur
    in Greek Mythology?
    a. Horse
    b. Pig
    c. !Bull
    d. Ox

    1. What was the punishment for Sysiphus039;s craftiness?


    a. Standing in a lake filled with
    water he could not drink.
    b. To fell a tree that regenerated
    after every axe swing.
    c. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a
    hill for eternity.
    d. Tied to a boulder for eternity,
    being pecked by birds.

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


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

    3. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
    a. Odysseus
    b. Castor
    c. !Jason
    d. Daedalus

    4. Neptune039;s greek name was...


    a. Ares
    b. Zeus
    c. Apollo
    d. !Poseidon

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


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

    6. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?


    a. Athena
    b. Alana
    c. !Ariadne
    d. Ariel

    7. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?


    a. Mars
    b. Juno
    c. !Janus
    d. Vulcan

    8. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


    a. Greek
    b. !Norse
    c. Hindu
    d. Egyptian

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

    10. What is the name of the Greek god of peaceful deaths?


    a. Moros
    b. Hades
    c. !Thanatos
    d. Tartarus

    1. What was the punishment for Sysiphus039;s craftiness?


    a. To fell a tree that regenerated
    after every axe swing.
    b. Standing in a lake filled with
    water he could not drink.
    c. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a
    hill for eternity.
    d. Tied to a boulder for eternity,
    being pecked by birds.

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


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

    3. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
    Underworld.
    a. True
    b. !False

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

    5. 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

    6. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?


    a. Helen
    b. !Paris
    c. Hector
    d. Pericles

    7. In Greek mythology, Hera is the goddess of harvest.


    a. True
    b. !False

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

    9. What mytological creatures have women039;s faces and vultures039; bodies?


    a. Mermaids
    b. Nymph
    c. Lilith
    d. !Harpies

    10. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?


    a. Frigg
    b. !Odin
    c. Thor
    d. Balder

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