All right, you've read Stephen King, but do you know where his monsters come from?  And Grimm?  Where did he get his material?  Let's see what you know about the roots of the human imagination ... about the creatures that haunt your own nightmares and the heroes that reside in your Id.  (Five correct answers is phenominal considering the current state of American education, ten means you are a brilliant human being, fifteen means you are an unemployed professor of classic mythology and twenty means that you peeked at the answers.)

1. Who were the "Hyperboreans?"
            a:  giant, overactive termites
            b: African cave dwellers
            c:  ancient northern Euro-Asiatic people

2. On what mountain did the Greek gods live?
            a: Aetna
            b: Vesuvius
            c: Olympus

3. Who was "Ares?"
            a:  the god of war
            b:  the sky god
            c:  a Greek mythic poet

4. Who was "Janus?"
            a:  the daughter of Zeus
            b:  the guardian deity of gates
            c:  a shipmate of Odysseus

5. Who were the "Titans?"
            a:  Norsemen
            b: Aethopian warriors
            c:  beings exising prior to Man

6. Why did Jupiter create Woman?
            a:  to punish his sons
            b.  as a helpmate to Man
            c:  to rule the seas

7.  Who was the god of music?
            a:  Pan
            b: Apollo
            c  Diana

8.  Who was the god of poetry?
            a:  Pan
            b: Apollo
            c:  Diana

9.  Who was the god of medicine?
            a:  Pan
            b: Apollo
            c:  Diana

10.  Who was Jupiter's wife?
            a:  Diana
            b:  Proserpine
            c:  Juno

11.  What was the principle physical characteristic of "Argus?"
            a:  ten fingers on each hand
            b  a hunded eyes
            c:  wings with a thousand feather each

12.  For what great mistake was "Phaeton" known?
            a:  he was a bad driver
            b:  he ignored the advice of his father
            c:  he set the world on fire

13.  From whence came the winged horse, "Pegasus?"
            a:  the sun
            b:  the mating of an eagle and a horse
            c:  the blood of Medusa's severed head

14.  Where did the "Argonauts" get their name?
            a:  from their boat
            b:  from the Greek word for goat
            c:  Jason's mother was the goddess "Argo."

15.  What modern, everyday concept is associated with the god "Cronos?"
            a:  time
            b: journalism
            c:  long-lasting health problems

16.  Who was the eldest son of the god "Cronos?"
            a:  Pythagoras
            b:  Cupid
            c:  Zeus

17.  Where did Icarus land?
            a:  Olympus
            b:  Athens (thus founding the city)
            c:  in some ocean

18.  Jupiter founded the Olympic Games.  How often were they held?
            a:  every three years
            b:  every four years
            c:  every five years

19.  Who escaped almost certain death using the clew of Ariadne?
            a:  Daedalus
            b:  the Minotaur
            c: Theseus

20.  Which of the following is a wind god?
            a:  Boreas
            b:  Notus
            c:  Zephyrus
 

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The answers:
1c, 2c, 3a, 4b, 5c, 6a, 7b, 8b, 9b, 10c, 11b, 12abc, 13c, 14a, 15a, 16c, 17c, 18c, 19c, 20abc