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National Mythology Exam
General Review
Practice Exam #1
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1) The gods lived on Mt.
A)
B)
C)
D)
Aetna
Olympus
Aegea
Parnassus
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Epimetheus and Pandora
Poseidon and Hades
10) Who were the only two Titans
that did not fight against Zeus?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Prometheus and Pandora
Prometheus and Epimetheus
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
a
a
a
bee
gadfly
gnat
vulture
20) By what was Io tormented?
A)
B)
C)
D)
a
a
a
a
bee
gadfly
gnat
vulture
21) Who helped Hephaestus recover
from the wounds inflicted by his
father?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Thetis
Nereus
Pan
Chiron
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
He
He
He
stole Apollo’s cattle.
had an affair with Hera.
saw Artemis bathing.
tried to cheat the gods.
29) Why was Actaeon turned into
a stag?
A)
B)
C)
D)
He
He
He
He
stole Apollo’s cattle.
had an affair with Hera.
saw Artemis bathing.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
36) Zeus swallowed
A)
B)
C)
D)
Metis
Mnemosyne
Maia
Niobe