• 1. 
    Which Egyptian god was often represented as a falcon, or as a man with the head of a falcon?

  • Osiris
  • Seth
  • Horus
  • Thoth
  • 2. 
    Which Egyptian fertility goddess was often represented standing at one corner of a deceased person’s sarcophagus and was also thought to guard the canopic jar containing the liver of the deceased person?

  • Isis
  • Hathor
  • Nut
  • Bastet
  • 3. 
    Which evil snake god gave his name in 2005 to an asteroid that was briefly believed to be on a possible collision course with Earth?

  • Apophis
  • Seth
  • Ptah
  • Osiris
  • 4. 
    Which Egyptian god—known as the god of storms and the desert—was usually represented as an animal whose species has not been identified by modern Egyptologists and zoologists?

  • Ptah
  • Thoth
  • Seth
  • Anubis
  • 5. 
    Which god is credited with inventing writing?

  • Sobek
  • Khepri
  • Hapi
  • Thoth
  • 6. 
    What is the goggle-eyed, bowlegged, dwarf god Bes known for doing?

  • Dispensing justice
  • Protecting women during childbirth
  • Fighting wars
  • Leading the dead to the underworld
  • 7. 
    Which goddess was probably first worshipped as a lioness or a wild cat but was represented as a domestic cat after domestic cats were introduced into Egypt about 2000 BCE?

  • Nephthys
  • Bastet
  • Isis
  • Nut
  • 8. 
    Which god is typically represented as a mummy?

  • Re
  • Osiris
  • Khnum
  • Anubis
  • 9. 
    During the Amarna period (c. 1353–36 BCE) which god was elevated above all other gods?

  • Marduk
  • Osiris
  • Aton
  • Seth
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