CS266 Quiz 1

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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. !Participating in cannibalism.
d. Performing a ritual involving
murder.

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

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

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

6. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


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

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


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

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


a. Kabocha
b. Nasu
c. !Cucumbers
d. Soba
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. Artemis
b. Hades
c. Ares
d. !Eris

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


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

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


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

2. Neptune039;s greek name was...


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

3. Hera is god of...


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

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


a. False
b. !True

5. In Greek Mythology, who killed Achilles?


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

6. 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. Hercules
d. Perseus
7. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.
a. !Jens
b. Loki
c. Tyr
d. Snotra

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


a. True
b. !False

9. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.


a. True
b. !False

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


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

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


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

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

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

4. Who was the King of Gods in Ancient Greek mythology?


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

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

7. 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

8. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


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

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


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

10. 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

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