• 1. 
    Which principal character in Homer’s Iliad, son of the sea nymph Thetis and Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, joined the Greeks in the Trojan War?

  • Prometheus
  • Achilles
  • Acheron
  • Thucydides
  • 2. 
    Which king commanded the Greek armies against Troy when Paris carried off Helen?

  • Agamemnon
  • Hector
  • Hymen
  • Heracles
  • 3. 
    In the Vedic tradition, who is the fire of the sun, of lightning, and the hearth? 

  • Pramatha
  • Sudri
  • Rata
  • Agni
  • 4. 
    Which Egyptian primeval deity, whose name meant Hidden One, was revered as king of the gods?

  • Ptah
  • Hathor
  • Amon
  • Seshat
  • 5. 
    Which is one of the eight protective deities in northern Buddhism?

  • Yamāntaka
  • Ninurta
  • Niparaya
  • Vishnu
  • 6. 
    Who was the dog-headed god said to accompany Quetzalcóatl to the underground hell of Mictlan to gather the bones of the ancient dead. Who is it? 

  • Xolotl
  • Yum Kaax
  • Chac
  • Mayahuel
  • 7. 
    According to the Algonquin folklore of North America, who is the terrifying cannibalistic giant apt to be encountered in the forest?

  • Kachina
  • Wandjina
  • Windigo
  • Volos
  • 8. 
    In Norse mythology, what was the title of any member of a group of maidens who served the god Odin and were sent by him to the battlefields to choose the slain who were worthy of a place in Valhalla?

  • Valkyrie
  • Skirnir
  • Gulltoppr
  • Lokasenna
  • 9. 
    What is the Egyptian serpent that appears on the headdresses or crowns of Egyptian deities like Sekhmet?

  • Urvaśi
  • Uraeus
  • Unmatta
  • Upuant
  • 10. 
    Known as Sopdet to the ancient Egyptians, who were aware that it made its first heliacal rising of the year at about the time the annual floods were beginning in the Nile River delta, what is the brightest star in the night sky?

  • Alpha Persei
  • Betelguese
  • Sirius
  • Orion
  • 11. 
    Which major deity of the religion of the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria is described by oral tradition as powerful, with a voice like thunder and a mouth that spewed fire when he spoke?

  • Shango
  • Ghaye
  • Elyon
  • Isong
  • 12. 
    In Greek mythology, what is a creature who is part human and part bird that lured sailors to destruction by the sweetness of her song?

  • Deimos
  • Jocasta
  • Hypnos
  • Siren
  • 13. 
    In ancient Egyptian religion, who is a goddess of war and the destroyer of the enemies of the sun god Re?

  • Philae
  • Hathor
  • Sekhmet
  • Horus
  • 14. 
    In ancient Egyptian religion, what is an important symbol in the form of the dung beetle?

  • Sarapi
  • Scarab
  • Uremum
  • Diadem
  • 15. 
    In Greek mythology, who is a nature god of fruitfulness, vegetation, wine, and ecstasy?

  • Shamash
  • Dionysus
  • Thyestes
  • Paramitas
  • 16. 
    Which legendary founder of Rome was killed by his brother?

  • Rimmon
  • Remus
  • Rudra
  • Romulus
  • 17. 
    In Scandinavian mythology, what is the end of the world of gods and men? 

  • Ragnarök
  • Valhalla
  • Rinda
  • Rognerik
  • 18. 
    The Roman poet Ovid relates this story of which sculptor who makes an ivory statue representing his ideal of womanhood and falls in love with his own creation?

  • Narcissus
  • Myrrha
  • Papillon
  • Pygmalion
  • 19. 
    In Greek mythology, who is the most famous of the Cyclopes (one-eyed giants)?

  • Polypoets
  • Polyphemus
  • Polydorus
  • Poulydamas 
  • 20. 
    According to Greek mythology, who joined the Argonauts and kept them from peril with his music?

  • Nireus
  • Pelleas
  • Orpheus
  • Caldorus
  • 21. 
    In Greek mythology, who are long-living, but not immortal, fresh water nymphs who live in brooks, fountains, and lakes?

  • Naiads
  • Sarpedons
  • Oenopion
  • Pheres
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