UNIV: Midterm

1. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other things.
a. Artemis
b. Apollo
c. Ares
d. !Athena
2. Who was the Roman god of fire?
a. !Vulcan
b. Mercury
c. Apollo
d. Jupiter
3. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?
a. !Janus
b. Vulcan
c. Mars
d. Juno
4. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?
a. Pericles
b. Helen
c. !Paris
d. Hector
5. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?
a. !Norse
b. Hindu
c. Egyptian
d. Greek
6. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?
a. !Greek and Roman
b. Greek and Chinese
c. Greek, Roman and Norse
d. Roman and Spanish
7. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it under
a long white cloud?
a. Vanuatu
b. Fiji
c. Hawaii
d. !New Zealand
8. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and quot;Muninnquot;.
What do their names mean?
a. Power amp; Peace
b. War amp; Learning
c. !Thought amp; Memory
d. Sleeping amp; Waking
9. What is the name of the Greek god of peaceful deaths?
a. Moros
b. Hades
c. !Thanatos
d. Tartarus

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10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as cheese
making and bee keeping.
a. !Aristaeus
b. Autonoe
c. Carme
d. Cephisso
1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. Sardinia
b. Cyprus
c. !Crete
d. Sicily
2. What was the punishment for Sysiphus039;s craftiness?
a. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.
b. Standing in a lake filled with water he could not drink.
c. To fell a tree that regenerated after every axe swing.
d. Tied to a boulder for eternity, being pecked by birds.
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 Horse
b. A Tiger
c. A Lion
d. A Dragon
4. Neptune039;s greek name was...
a. Ares
b. Zeus
c. Apollo
d. !Poseidon
5. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the Underworld.
a. !False
b. True
6. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Perseus
b. Hercules
c. Daedalus
d. !Orpheus
7. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?
a. Hestia
b. Athena
c. !Hera
d. Aphrodite
8. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. !True
b. False
9. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.
a. True
b. !False
10. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?

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a. Balder
b. Thor
c. Frigg
d. !Odin
1. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?
a. Athena
b. Demeter
c. Zeus
d. !Apollo
2. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other things.
a. Apollo
b. !Athena
c. Artemis
d. Ares
3. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?
a. !Enkidu
b. Enlil
c. Enki
d. Enkimdu
4. 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
5. The greek god Poseidon was the god of what?
a. Sun
b. War
c. !The Sea
d. Fire
6. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?
a. !Narcissus
b. Clotho
c. Atropos
d. Lachesis
7. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?
a. Greek, Roman and Norse
b. !Greek and Roman
c. Roman and Spanish
d. Greek and Chinese
8. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.
a. False
b. !True
9. 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
10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as cheese
making and bee keeping.

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a. !Aristaeus
b. Cephisso
c. Carme
d. Autonoe

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