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Aztec Mythology - Quiz
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  • 1. Who was the chief god in Aztec mythology?
A) Xipe Totec
B) Quetzalcoatl
C) Tlaloc
D) Huitzilopochtli
  • 2. Which goddess was associated with love, beauty, and fertility in Aztec mythology?
A) Coyolxauhqui
B) Coatlicue
C) Xochiquetzal
D) Tonantzin
  • 3. What was the name of the Aztec feathered serpent god?
A) Xolotl
B) Huitzilopochtli
C) Tezcatlipoca
D) Quetzalcoatl
  • 4. What did the Aztecs believe was necessary to ensure the sun rose each day?
A) Prayers to the gods
B) Human sacrifice
C) Offerings of gold
D) Dance rituals
  • 5. What was the name of the Aztec festival of the dead?
A) Quetzalcoatl
B) Tlazolteotl
C) Xipe Totec
D) Mictecacihuatl
  • 6. Which city was the capital of the Aztec Empire?
A) Tikal
B) Chichen Itza
C) Cuzco
D) Tenochtitlan
  • 7. What was the name of the Aztec god of rain and fertility?
A) Tonatiuh
B) Ehecatl
C) Chalchiuhtlicue
D) Tlaloc
  • 8. Who was the god of fire in Aztec mythology?
A) Itztlacoliuhqui
B) Xolotl
C) Tlazolteotl
D) Xiuhtecuhtli
  • 9. Which deity was associated with agriculture and fertility in Aztec mythology?
A) Huehueteotl
B) Xipe Totec
C) Xochiquetzal
D) Tlaloc
  • 10. Where did the ancestors of the Mexica/Aztec originate according to one myth?
A) Chicomoztoc
B) Aztlan
C) Teotihuacan
D) Tamoanchan
  • 11. What symbolized the prophecy for the Mexica/Aztec to found their new home?
A) An eagle perched on a nopal cactus holding a rattlesnake
B) A rabbit in the moon
C) A serpent wrapped around a tree
D) A jaguar lying on a mountain
  • 12. What did the Aztecs consider the Toltec to be?
A) Enemies of their people
B) Originators of all culture
C) Traders and merchants
D) Descendants of gods
  • 13. How many great ages preceded the present world in Aztec mythology?
A) Five
B) Four
C) Six
D) Three
  • 14. Who was Coatlicue's daughter that was killed by Huitzilopochtli?
A) Ixchel
B) Xochiquetzal
C) Coyolxauhqui
D) Chalchiuhtlicue
  • 15. Which goddess is associated with the female stars in the Milky Way?
A) Itzpapalotl
B) Citlalicue
C) Xochitlicue
D) Chimalma
  • 16. What is the name of the Underworld in Aztec mythology?
A) Aztlan
B) Mictlan
C) Chicomoztoc
D) Tamoanchan
  • 17. Which goddess was associated with the moon?
A) Chalchiuhtlicue
B) Meztli
C) Xochiquetzal
D) Ixchel
  • 18. Which deity was associated with both fire and death?
A) Huitzilopochtli
B) Xolotl
C) Tlaloc
D) Quetzalcoatl
  • 19. Who was the god of the sun in Aztec mythology?
A) Tlaloc
B) Quetzalcoatl
C) Huitzilopochtli
D) Tonatiuh
  • 20. Who is the goddess of salt in Aztec mythology?
A) Xochiquetzal
B) Tlazolteotl
C) Huixtocihuatl
D) Chalchiuhtlicue
  • 21. Who was the mother of Centzon Huitznahua and Coyolxauhqui in Aztec mythology?
A) Chimalma
B) Coatlicue
C) Toci
D) Xochitlicue
  • 22. Which goddess is associated with agriculture and whose name means 'seven-serpent'?
A) Xilonen
B) Chicomecoatl
C) Toci
D) Centeotl
  • 23. Which goddess was associated with running water and storms?
A) Xochiquetzal
B) Coyolxauhqui
C) Ixchel
D) Chalchiuhtlicue
  • 24. Which deity was the god of wind?
A) Ehecatl
B) Quetzalcoatl
C) Huitzilopochtli
D) Tlaloc
  • 25. Who is the god of the morning star (Venus) in Aztec mythology?
A) Quetzalcoatl
B) Xolotl
C) Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
D) Huitzilopochtli
  • 26. Which deity is the god of force, lord of the seasons and rebirth?
A) Tezcatlipoca
B) Quetzalcoatl
C) Xipe-Totec
D) Huitzilopochtli
  • 27. Who are the 400 gods of the northern stars in Aztec mythology?
A) Xolotl
B) Tzitzimimeh
C) Centzon-huitznahua
D) Centzon-mimixcoa
  • 28. Who was the god of providence and darkness?
A) Huitzilopochtli
B) Quetzalcoatl
C) Tezcatlipoca
D) Tlaloc
  • 29. Which deity is the god of the hearth and volcanoes?
A) Quetzalcoatl
B) Tlaloc
C) Xipe-Totec
D) Chantico
  • 30. Who was the goddess of maize in Aztec mythology?
A) Ixchel
B) Xochiquetzal
C) Centeotl
D) Chalchiuhtlicue
  • 31. What did Huitzilopochtli use to kill Coyolxauhqui?
A) Xiuhcoatl, a blue snake
B) A stone axe
C) A silver arrow
D) A golden spear
  • 32. What was Tlaloc's role in Aztec mythology?
A) God of war
B) God of death
C) God of rain, lightning, and thunder; fertility god
D) God of the sun
  • 33. Who was the ruler of the Underworld (Mictlan) in Aztec mythology?
A) Mictlantecuhtli
B) Quetzalcoatl
C) Huitzilopochtli
D) Tezcatlipoca
  • 34. Which god was associated with the hunt and identified with the Milky Way?
A) Tlaloc
B) Quetzalcoatl
C) Huitzilopochtli
D) Mixcoatl
  • 35. Who was the goddess of lust and carnality?
A) Xochiquetzal
B) Ixchel
C) Chalchiuhtlicue
D) Tlazolteotl
  • 36. Which god sacrificed himself first to set the sun into motion?
A) Xolotl
B) Tecuciztecatl
C) Nanahuatl
D) Quetzalcoatl
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