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1. In ancient Babylonian mythology, Marduk forms the heavens and the earth from the remains of a dragon goddess who represents primordial chaos. What is her name?
2. In Greek mythology, a monstrous serpent challenged Zeus for rule of the cosmos. After a tremendous battle, Zeus cast the monster into the deepest pit of the underworld. What was this creature's name?
3. In Norse mythology, the goddess of the underworld is known by what infernal sounding name?
4. In Zoroastrianism, who is the evil opponent of Ahura Mazda, god of light and truth?
5. Turning now to modern works of fiction, in "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant," by Stephen R. Donaldson, the big bad villain states that he is known by many names. The Lords of Revelstone know him as "Lord Foul the Despiser," while the people of the Land know him as "the Gray Slayer." By what ominous name is he known to the race of Giants?
6. Fans of JRR Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" will be familiar with Sauron as the resident Dark Lord of Middle Earth. However, in an age prior to the events of this trilogy, Sauron was the chief lieutenant of an even more powerful Dark Lord known by what name?
7. HP Lovecraft was famous for creating a mythos about dark gods from space who were the embodiment of cosmic horror. One of the more prominent of these deities was described as a "blind idiot god" enthroned at the center of "ultimate chaos." What was its name?
8. In the psychedelic sci-fi novel "Illuminatus!" by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea, the Pentagon building in the US secretly serves to imprison what dreaded entity, also known as the "eater of souls," from HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos?
9. In Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, what is the name of the Dark One, who is the embodiment of evil?
10. In the classic "Doctor Who" serial "Pyramids of Mars," the Doctor must defeat a malevolent alien imprisoned in an Egyptian pyramid before it breaks free and destroys the world. Inspired by ancient mythology, what is the name of this terrifying entity?
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