National Mythology Exam General Review Practice Exam 1

1) The gods lived on Mt. A) B) C) D) Aetna Olympus Aegea Parnassus

2) Gaea is better known as A) B) C) D) Goddess of Lands Universe

3) Earth was created out of A) B) C) D) darkness an explosion wars

4) The first gods were called the A) B) C) D) Primarians Olympians Mountains

5) How many Cyclopes were there? A) B) C) D) one two three four

6) What was the deepest, darkest pit under the earth called? A) B) C)

7) Who overpowered Uranus with a sickle? A) B) C) D) Gaea Zeus Cyclopes

8) Who nursed Zeus when he was a baby? A) B) C) D) Ilithyia

9) Zeus’s first wife was A) B) C) D) Thetis Metis Gaea Graeae

10) Who were the only two Titans that did not fight against Zeus? A)

11) Which object is not associated with Poseidon? A) B) C) D) trident spring

12) Mount Aetna erupts because the following creature lies beneath it: A) B) C)

13) Which pair does not belong together? A) B) C) D) Hermes and winged

14) Hermes was Zeus’s A) B) C) D) brother father son uncle

15) What flowed through the gods’ veins? A) B) C) D) blood ichor nectar

16) What did Zeus disguise himself as in order to win Hera’s favor? A)

17) What wedding gift did Mother Earth give Hera? A) B) C) D) Golden

18) How many eyes did Argus have? A) B) C) D) 10 100 1,

19) Where were Argus’ eyes eventually placed? A) B) C) D) on a rocky

20) By what was Io tormented? A) B) C) D) a bee a gadfly

21) Who helped Hephaestus recover from the wounds inflicted by his father? A) B)

22) Who was the only Olympian with no mother or father? A) B) C)

23) What was the color of Athena’s eyes? A) B) C) D) blue gray

24) Into what was Arachne changed? A) B) C) D) cricket spider roach ant

25) Which god was known as the Earthshaker? A) B) C) D) Zeus Poseidon

26) Who was the only individual that could kill Otus? A) B) C) D)

27) What instrument did Hermes invent? A) B) C) D) drum lyre violin chimes

28) Delphi is on the slopes of Mount A) B) C) D) Parnassus Aetna

29) Why was Actaeon turned into a stag? A) B) C) D) He stole

30) Which pair does not belong together? A) B) C) D) Charon and Styx

31) For whom were piles of stones placed along the sides of roads? A)

32) Which pair does not belong together? A) B) C) D) Amphitrite and Triton

33) Who judged the great sinners of the underworld? A) B) C) D) Rhadamanthus

34) Who helped Demeter figure out where her daughter had been taken? A) B)

35) Which pair does not belong together? A) B) C) D) Hephaestus and Cyclopes

36) Zeus swallowed A) B) C) D) Metis Mnemosyne Maia Niobe

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National Mythology Exam General Review Practice Exam #1 (Choose the best answer, and go to the next slide to see if you are correct. )

1) The gods lived on Mt. A) B) C) D) Aetna Olympus Aegea Parnassus

2) Gaea is better known as A) B) C) D) Goddess of Lands Universe Creator Mother Earth Father Time

3) Earth was created out of A) B) C) D) darkness an explosion wars the Titanesses’ wombs

4) The first gods were called the A) B) C) D) Primarians Olympians Mountains Titans

5) How many Cyclopes were there? A) B) C) D) one two three four

6) What was the deepest, darkest pit under the earth called? A) B) C) D) Tartarus Hades Hell Elysian Fields

7) Who overpowered Uranus with a sickle? A) B) C) D) Gaea Zeus Cyclopes Cronus

8) Who nursed Zeus when he was a baby? A) B) C) D) Ilithyia Ino Althea Amaltheia

9) Zeus’s first wife was A) B) C) D) Thetis Metis Gaea Graeae

10) Who were the only two Titans that did not fight against Zeus? A) B) C) D) Prometheus and Pandora Prometheus and Epimetheus and Pandora Poseidon and Hades

11) Which object is not associated with Poseidon? A) B) C) D) trident spring of salty water chariot sea shell

12) Mount Aetna erupts because the following creature lies beneath it: A) B) C) D) Echidna Typhon Inachos Hephaestus

13) Which pair does not belong together? A) B) C) D) Hermes and winged sandals Iris and the rainbow Hades and the snake Atlas and the heavens

14) Hermes was Zeus’s A) B) C) D) brother father son uncle

15) What flowed through the gods’ veins? A) B) C) D) blood ichor nectar water

16) What did Zeus disguise himself as in order to win Hera’s favor? A) B) C) D) a cuckoo an ibis a swan an eagle

17) What wedding gift did Mother Earth give Hera? A) B) C) D) Golden Apples of the Hesperides Cape of Golden Thread Argus White Cow for the Wedding Sacrifice

18) How many eyes did Argus have? A) B) C) D) 10 100 1, 000 10, 000

19) Where were Argus’ eyes eventually placed? A) B) C) D) on a rocky mountainside on a leopard on a peacock’s tail in the heavens as stars

20) By what was Io tormented? A) B) C) D) a bee a gadfly a gnat a vulture

21) Who helped Hephaestus recover from the wounds inflicted by his father? A) B) C) D) Thetis Nereus Pan Chiron

22) Who was the only Olympian with no mother or father? A) B) C) D) Hestia Hera the Graces Aphrodite

23) What was the color of Athena’s eyes? A) B) C) D) blue gray green blood red

24) Into what was Arachne changed? A) B) C) D) cricket spider roach ant

25) Which god was known as the Earthshaker? A) B) C) D) Zeus Poseidon Hades Hephaestus

26) Who was the only individual that could kill Otus? A) B) C) D) Artemis Zeus Ephialtes Ares

27) What instrument did Hermes invent? A) B) C) D) drum lyre violin chimes

28) Delphi is on the slopes of Mount A) B) C) D) Parnassus Aetna Olympus Chios

29) Why was Actaeon turned into a stag? A) B) C) D) He stole Apollo’s cattle. He had an affair with Hera. He saw Artemis bathing. He tried to cheat the gods.

30) Which pair does not belong together? A) B) C) D) Charon and Styx Cerberus and underworld Lethe and forgetfulness Python and beauty

31) For whom were piles of stones placed along the sides of roads? A) B) C) D) Niobe Hermes Apollo Orion

32) Which pair does not belong together? A) B) C) D) Amphitrite and Triton Maia and Hermes Hera and Zeus Aphrodite and Eros

33) Who judged the great sinners of the underworld? A) B) C) D) Rhadamanthus Erinyes Nike Eris

34) Who helped Demeter figure out where her daughter had been taken? A) B) C) D) Hermes the sun Triptolemus Bosporus

35) Which pair does not belong together? A) B) C) D) Hephaestus and Cyclopes Hermes and thieves Apollo and Athena Aphrodite and the Graces

36) Zeus swallowed A) B) C) D) Metis Mnemosyne Maia Niobe