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