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ENGL320 Chapter 9

1. The document contains 10 multiple choice questions about mythological figures and stories from Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, African, and Japanese mythologies. 2. The questions cover topics like gods/goddesses (Athena, Poseidon, Hera, Apollo, Orpheus), mythological creatures (centaurs, harpies), trickster figures (Anansi, Loki), underworld journeys (Orpheus/Eurydice), and mythological punishments (Sysiphus). 3. Several questions revisit the same myths, like questions about Osiris' murderer Set, or Loki being a mother, to confirm the reader remembers the right detail from the myth.

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ENGL320 Chapter 9

1. The document contains 10 multiple choice questions about mythological figures and stories from Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, African, and Japanese mythologies. 2. The questions cover topics like gods/goddesses (Athena, Poseidon, Hera, Apollo, Orpheus), mythological creatures (centaurs, harpies), trickster figures (Anansi, Loki), underworld journeys (Orpheus/Eurydice), and mythological punishments (Sysiphus). 3. Several questions revisit the same myths, like questions about Osiris' murderer Set, or Loki being a mother, to confirm the reader remembers the right detail from the myth.

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1.

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

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


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

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


a. False
b. !True

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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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

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


a. False
b. !True

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

1. Neptune039;s greek name was...


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

2. Hera is god of...


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

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

4. 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. !Apollo
b. Athena
c. Artemis
d. Aphrodite

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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


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

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. Cephisso
d. !Aristaeus

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


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

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


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

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


a. False
b. !True

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

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


a. !False
b. True

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


a. !False
b. True

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

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


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

9. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?


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

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

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