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GEO156 Lecture 1

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of mythological figures, creatures and stories from various mythologies including Greek, Norse, Egyptian and others. The questions cover topics such as gods and goddesses, famous quests and punishments from mythology.

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GEO156 Lecture 1

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of mythological figures, creatures and stories from various mythologies including Greek, Norse, Egyptian and others. The questions cover topics such as gods and goddesses, famous quests and punishments from mythology.

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

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

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

3. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.


a. Snotra
b. Loki
c. !Jens
d. Tyr

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


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

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


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

6. A minotaur is half human half what?


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

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


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

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


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

9. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.


a. !False
b. True

10. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?
a. Asger
b. !Ask
c. Ake
d. Asmund

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. 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 Tiger
d. A Lion

3. According to Norse mythology, Loki is a mother.


a. False
b. !True

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

5. In most traditions, who was the wife of Zeus?


a. Aphrodite
b. Athena
c. !Hera
d. Hestia

6. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.


a. !False
b. True

7. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?


a. !Narcissus
b. Atropos
c. Lachesis
d. Clotho
8. 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

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


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

10. Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure?


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

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


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

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


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

4. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.


a. !True
b. False
5. According to Norse mythology, Loki is a mother.
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. Hercules
b. Daedalus
c. !Orpheus
d. Perseus

7. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


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

8. 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

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


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

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