| 1. The Abominable Snowman, Yeti, Bigfoot,
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| | dragon symbolizes destruction and evil
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| and Sasquatch appear in one form or
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| | while others attributed more beneficent
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| another in which epics?
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| | powers to the beast. Which belief is not
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| A. Ancient Sumaria epic
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| | accurately matched to its believers?
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| B. Russian literature
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| | A. Mesopotamia linked the dragon to chaos
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| C. Anglo-Saxon literature
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| | and destruction
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| D. Greek mythology
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| | B. Ancient Hebrews and Christians both
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| E. All of the above
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| | portray the dragon as a symbol of death
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| E. All of the above
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| | and evil
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| TOPICS: The "wild man of the woods" is a
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| | C. The ancient Greeks and Romans believed
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| familiar figure in folklore from Enkidu
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| | that dragons had the ability to
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| of the Gilgamesh Epic, the Russian
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| | understand and to convey to mortals the
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| leshiy, Grendel in the Anglo-Saxon epic
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| | secrets of the earth
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| Beowulf, and Silenus and the satyrs in
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| | D. Among the Chinese people, the dragon
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| Greek mythology. Contemporary reports are
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| | is traditionally regarded as a symbol of
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| regarded by some as little more than
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| | bad luck
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| modern variations of this ancient theme,
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| | D. Among the Chinese people, the dragon
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| but it could be argued that the
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| | is traditionally regarded as a symbol of
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| widespread presence of these creatures in
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| | bad luck
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| folklore indicates that they have
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| | TOPICS: In Christian art, the dragon is a
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| actually existed since ancient times and
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| | symbol of sin. It is often represented as
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| may still inhabit remote regions of the
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| | crushed under the feet of saints and
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| earth. Some theorists propose that the
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| | martyrs, symbolizing the triumph of
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| sightings are of an unknown species of
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| | Christianity over paganism. The dragon is
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| ape or of isolated surviving Neandertal
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| | deified in the Daoist (Taoist) religion
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| specimens. Other theorists associate
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| | and was the national emblem of the
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| sightings of these creatures with the
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| | Chinese Empire. .
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| activity of extraterrestrial beings.
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| | 7. Who were the Titans?
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| 2. During the times of wooden sailing
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| | A. The demons who created the world,
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| vessels, sea serpents were widely
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| | according to Norse mythology
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| believed to have destroyed many ships.
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| | B. The first dragons, according to
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| Scientific evidence suggests what today?
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| | Chinese mythology
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| A. A sea serpent is a marine creature of
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| | C. A monstrous breed of sea serpents,
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| snakelike form and monstrous size
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| | according to Egyptian mythology
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| B. A large sea serpent is alive and well
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| | D. The supreme rulers of the universe,
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| in Loch Ness
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| | according to Greek mythology
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| C. Exaggerated descriptions of sea snakes
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| | D. The supreme rulers of the universe,
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| or oarfishes have probably been
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| | according to Greek mythology
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| responsible for most reports of sea
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| | TOPICS: The Titans were giants who were
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| serpents
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| | similar to humans but possessed immense
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| D. Floating seaweeds have probably also
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| | size and strength. Titans, in Greek
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| contributed to this myth
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| | mythology, 12 children of Uranus and
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| E. There is no scientific evidence as yet
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| | Gaea, Heaven and Earth, and some of the
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| supports the existence of snakelike sea
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| | children of the 12. Often called the
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| monsters
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| | Elder Gods, they were for many ages the
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| E. There is no scientific evidence as yet
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| | supreme rulers of the universe and were
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| supports the existence of snakelike sea
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| | of enormous size and incredibly strong.
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| monsters
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| | Cronus, the most important of the Titans,
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| TOPICS: Of course our oceans are the last
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| | ruled the universe until he was dethroned
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| frontier with many unexplored regions and
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| | by his son Zeus, who seized power for
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| new species being discovered all the
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| | himself.
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| time, so who really knows? Or perhaps
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| | 8. Vampires are known to be dead people
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| they were a holdover from the time of the
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| | who rises from the grave during the
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| dinosaurs that has only died out in
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| | night, often in the form of a bat, to
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| modern times?
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| | suck the blood of sleeping humans.
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| 3. Which is NOT another word for demon?
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| | Various talismans and herbs supposedly
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| A. Panis
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| | avert vampires, but what can destroy a
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| B. Jinn
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| | vampire?
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| C. Oni
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| | A. Sunlight
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| D. Fata
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| | B. Cremation
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| D. Fata
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| | C. Stake through the heart
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| TOPICS: Hindu scriptures called the
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| | D. B or C
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| Vedas, composed between about 1500 BCE
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| | D. B or C
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| and about 1000 BCE, describe a variety of
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| | TOPICS: While popular media have
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| evil beings, including the asuras and the
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| | perpetuated the idea of sunlight as the
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| panis, who harm people and work against
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| | enemy of vampires most older literature
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| the Hindu gods. Muslim writings describe
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| | does not support this theory. According
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| a group of evil beings, called jinn, who
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| | to tradition, they can be destroyed only
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| cause destruction and preside over places
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| | by cremation or by stakes driven through
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| where evil activities take place. The
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| | their hearts. Belief in vampires
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| words fae and faerie came to English from
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| | originated in ancient times and was
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| Old French which originated in the Latin
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| | especially widespread among the Slavs.
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| word "Fata"
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| | 9. The Werewolf, according to ancient
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| 4. Demons are a part of folklore
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| | superstition, is a man who is
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| throughout the world including such
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| | transformed, or transforms himself, into
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| familiar creatures as vampires, who suck
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| | a wolf in nature and appearance. Werewolf
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| the blood of living victims. Which demon
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| | is an Old English word that means what?
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| is not correctly matched to its power?
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| | A. Man-wolf
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| A. The storm-bringing oni
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| | B. Man-monster
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| B. The drowning kelpy
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| | C. Not-wolf
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| C. Iblis the fire-bringer
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| | D. Monster-wolf
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| D. Daimon delivering punishment from the
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| | A. Man-wolf
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| Gods
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| | TOPICS: In Old English werewulf means
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| C. Iblis the fire-bringer
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| | man-wolf. The werewolf, sometimes
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| TOPICS: the Japanese oni are said to
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| | transformed under the influence of a full
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| bring on storms. In Scotland kelpies
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| | moon, roams about at night, devouring
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| haunt pools the better to drown unwary
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| | infants or corpses. Stories of such
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| travelers. The original jinn (from Islam)
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| | transformations are given in the works of
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| was called Iblis, who was cast out by
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| | several classical writers and the
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| Allah for refusing to worship Adam, the
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| | superstition was common throughout Europe
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| first man. The study of demons is called
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| | in late medieval times, when many men
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| demonology. Some ancient societies,
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| | were accused and convicted of being
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| including those in Egypt and Babylonia
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| | werewolves. The term lycanthropy refers
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| (now Iraq), believed that such spirits
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| | to the delusion that one has become a
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| were responsible for the functions of the
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| | wolf.
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| body and that demons caused specific
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| | 10. How old was Mary Shelley when she
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| illnesses. The word demon originated from
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| | conceived and wrote "Frankenstein"?
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| an ancient Greek term, daimon, which
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| | A. 10
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| referred to beings whose special powers
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| | B. 20
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| placed them between people and the gods.
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| | C. 40
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| These beings had the ability either to
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| | D. 60
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| improve people's lives or carry out the
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| | B. 20
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| punishment of the gods.
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| | TOPICS: Mary Shelley (1797-1851),
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| 5. Which quality is not true of the
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| | published her first and most important
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| dragon?
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| | work, the novel Frankenstein, in 1818
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| A. Reptilian
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| | when she was 20. The work was an
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| B. Winged
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| | immediate critical and popular success
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| C. Fire breathing
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| | and has been repeatedly dramatized for
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| D. Hooved
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| | both the theater and motion pictures. The
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| D. Hooved
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| | story of Frankenstein, a student of the
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| TOPICS: The dragon is a legendary
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| | occult, and the monster he assembles from
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| reptilian monster, rather serpent-like in
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| | parts of human corpses added a new word
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| form, that is usually represented as
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| | to the English language: A "Frankenstein"
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| having wings, huge claws, and fiery
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| | is any creation that ultimately destroys
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| breath.
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| | its creator.
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| 6. In some folklore of antiquity, the
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