Trivia Quiz on Ancient Religions

1. Who was the brave Norse god of war & justice

A) Loki

B) Tyr

C) Odin

D) Thor

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2. What is the name of the belief in the existence of many gods or divine beings

A) Polytheism

B) Monotheism

C) Atheism

D) Henotheism

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3. Founded in the 6th Century B.C., which religion has two schools - the Hinayana, or Lesser Vehicle, and the Mahayana, or Greater Vehicle

A) Hinduism

B) Jainism

C) Taoism

D) Buddhism

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4. Who did the norse god odin have as handmaidens

A) Valkyries

B) Norns

C) Volvas

D) Disir

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5. Who is the persian god of light

A) Mithra

B) Ahura Mazda

C) Anahita

D) Verethragna

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6. The Zoastrian religion began in what country

A) Persia or Iran

B) Egypt

C) India

D) Greece

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7. The Norse god of light & peace

A) Balder

B) Odin

C) Loki

D) Bragi

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8. The Greek Goddess Ephesus is the Goddess of what

A) Wisdom

B) War

C) Agriculture

D) Chastity

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9. In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of the moon

A) Selene

B) Artemis

C) Phoebe

D) Hecate

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10. Which religious group first celebrated what we've come to know as Halloween

A) The Druids

B) The Romans

C) The Greeks

D) The Egyptians

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11. Who is the greek equivalent of the roman god Mars ?

A) Hermes

B) Poseidon

C) Hephaestus

D) Ares

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12. What's heaven to fallen Norse warriors

A) Asgard

B) Helheim

C) Niflheim

D) Valhalla

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13. What's heaven to fallen Norse warriors?

A) Valhalla

B) Asgard

C) Helheim

D) Niflheim

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14. What is the name of the most famous of the rivers in the Underworld, the river of 'Hate' which dead souls must cross over?

A) Lethe

B) Acheron

C) Phlegethon

D) Styx

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15. In Norse myth, there were two separate races of gods: the Aesir gods which included Odin and Thor, and the ____ gods from whom descended Freya.

A) Aesir

B) Jotnar

C) Dvergar

D) Vanir

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