Please take a 10 question multiple choice quiz on Egypt
Please take a 10 question multiple choice quiz on Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
1) What form did the gods and goddesses of the Ancient Egyptians typically take? | |
A) | Pyramids |
B) | Plants |
C) | Humans |
D) | Animals |
E) | Fire and wind |
2) Who was considered the most important and powerful god? |
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A) | Thoth |
B) | Horus |
C) | Ra |
D) | Isis |
E) | Osiris |
3) What was Osiris the god of? |
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A) | The underworld and the dead |
B) | The sky and the wind |
C) | Knowledge and wisdom |
D) | The moon and the stars |
E) | Protection from harm |
4) Why was it important that the body be preserved after death? |
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A) | To keep a record of the people who had lived in Egypt |
B) | So the body would scare off grave robbers from getting the treasure |
C) | So the ba and ka could unite in the afterlife |
D) | To help the people left behind to remember their relatives |
E) | It was not very important |
5) Pharaoh was considered to be the living version of which god? |
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A) | Osiris |
B) | Horus |
C) | Ra |
D) | Isis |
E) | Amun |
6) Thoth was the god of what aspects of the Egyptian life? |
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A) | Death and the afterlife |
B) | Agriculture, wine, and crops |
C) | Art, dancing, and commerce |
D) | Writing, medicine, and mathematics |
E) | Fighting and war |
7) What type of headdress was the goddess Isis usually drawn with? |
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A) | Hawk |
B) | Sun |
C) | Bird |
D) | Feathers |
E) | Throne |
8) True or False: Unlike the Romans and the Greeks, the Ancient Egyptians did not build many temples or other buildings to honor their gods. |
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A) | TRUE |
B) | FALSE |
9) What god was sometimes combined with Ra to make an even more powerful god? |
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A) | Thoth |
B) | Horus |
C) | Ra |
D) | Isis |
E) | Amun |
10) What two gods were married and the parents of the god Horus? |
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A) | Isis and Osiris |
B) | Thoth and Ra |
C) | Amun and Ra |
D) | Osiris and Thoth |
E) | Isis and Thoth |