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ASTR305 Week 10

The document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of gods, figures and myths from Roman, Greek, Norse, Egyptian and Algonquian traditions. The questions cover topics like the Roman god of war (Mars), Greek goddesses of battle strategy and harvest (Athena and Demeter), figures who traveled to the underworld (Orpheus), and creatures from myths like the Wendigo and Minotaur.

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ASTR305 Week 10

The document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of gods, figures and myths from Roman, Greek, Norse, Egyptian and Algonquian traditions. The questions cover topics like the Roman god of war (Mars), Greek goddesses of battle strategy and harvest (Athena and Demeter), figures who traveled to the underworld (Orpheus), and creatures from myths like the Wendigo and Minotaur.

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1. The ancient Roman god of war was commonly known as which of the following?

a. Juno
b. !Mars
c. Ares
d. Jupiter

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

3. Which Greek amp; Roman god was known as the god of music, truth and prophecy,
healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more?
a. Aphrodite
b. !Apollo
c. Artemis
d. Athena

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

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


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

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


a. True
b. !False

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


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

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


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

9. Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.


a. False
b. !True

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


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

1. 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.

2. Who was the only god from Greece who did not get a name change in Rome?
a. Zeus
b. !Apollo
c. Demeter
d. Athena

3. Who was the Roman god of fire?


a. Apollo
b. Mercury
c. !Vulcan
d. Jupiter

4. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?


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

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

6. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it
under a long white cloud?
a. Fiji
b. Hawaii
c. Vanuatu
d. !New Zealand
7. What mytological creatures have women039;s faces and vultures039; bodies?
a. !Harpies
b. Lilith
c. Mermaids
d. Nymph

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

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


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

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


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

1. 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.

2. The ancient Roman god of war was commonly known as which of the following?
a. !Mars
b. Jupiter
c. Ares
d. Juno

3. Hera is god of...


a. Sea
b. War
c. Agriculture
d. !Marriage

4. A minotaur is half human half what?


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

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


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

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

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


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

8. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?


a. Ake
b. Asger
c. !Ask
d. Asmund

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

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

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