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PHYS311 Extra Credit 8

1. The document contains 10 multiple choice questions about various mythological figures and stories from Greek, Roman, Norse, Algonquian, Japanese and Polynesian mythologies. 2. The questions cover topics like the protector of Crete in Greek mythology, how one transforms into a Wendigo in Algonquian folklore, the wife of Zeus in Greek mythology, and the animal Queen Pasiphae slept with to give birth to the Minotaur. 3. The answers to the questions provide more details about mythological creatures like Nidhogg and Talos, gods like Dionysus, Thanatos and Oro, and stories involving Jason and the Golden Fleece or I

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PHYS311 Extra Credit 8

1. The document contains 10 multiple choice questions about various mythological figures and stories from Greek, Roman, Norse, Algonquian, Japanese and Polynesian mythologies. 2. The questions cover topics like the protector of Crete in Greek mythology, how one transforms into a Wendigo in Algonquian folklore, the wife of Zeus in Greek mythology, and the animal Queen Pasiphae slept with to give birth to the Minotaur. 3. The answers to the questions provide more details about mythological creatures like Nidhogg and Talos, gods like Dionysus, Thanatos and Oro, and stories involving Jason and the Golden Fleece or I

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1.

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

2. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?


a. !Janus
b. Vulcan
c. Juno
d. Mars

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


a. True
b. !False

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


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

5. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?


a. !Greek and Roman
b. Greek, Roman and Norse
c. Greek and Chinese
d. Roman and Spanish

6. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it
under a long white cloud?
a. Fiji
b. Vanuatu
c. !New Zealand
d. Hawaii

7. A wyvern is the same as a dragon.


a. !False
b. True

8. 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. Ares
c. Artemis
d. Hades

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

10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as
cheese making and bee keeping.
a. !Aristaeus
b. Cephisso
c. Carme
d. Autonoe

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


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

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


a. False
b. !True

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

4. Which of these Roman gods doesn039;t have a counterpart in Greek mythology?


a. Vulcan
b. Juno
c. Mars
d. !Janus

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


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

6. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?


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

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


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

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


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

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

10. What mythology did the god quot;Apolloquot; come from?


a. Greek and Chinese
b. !Greek and Roman
c. Roman and Spanish
d. Greek, Roman and Norse

1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. Sardinia
b. Cyprus
c. !Crete
d. Sicily

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


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

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

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


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

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

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


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

7. Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology?


a. Kohara
b. Hina
c. Mui
d. !039;Oro

8. 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. Hades
c. !Eris
d. Artemis

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


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

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

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