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According to Shintoism, in the beginning there was
a) An ocean of chaos
b) Nothing
c) A light
d) A capital letter.

Why did Izanami and Izanagi have several malformed children?
a) They were basically siblings
b) Izanami spoke the wedding vows first
c) Cursed by the seven invisible gods
d) Izanami was the queen of the undead

What is/are Kami?
a) The divine wind used by the gods
b) Paper constructs
c) the spirits that invest all things
d) 9 tailed fox creatures

In Shintoism, how were islands formed?
a) Underwater volcanoes erupted and the lava cooled and hardened.
b) The mist between the fire realm and the ice realm hardened.
c) Uke Mochi threw them up from the heavens.
d) the salt dripped off of Izanami and Izanagi's spear while they were stirring up creation.

How did Izanami die?
a) She gave birth to a fire god
b) Susanoo wanted to take over the underworld
c) Fujin and Rajin killed her
d) She didn't...she's immortal

Why did Izanami have to stay in the underworld
a) It was in the lease agreement
b) She ate the food there
c) She killed Ameratsu's favorite handmaiden/weaver
d) She rebelled against the seven invisible gods.

What did Izanagi see when he lit a light in the underworld?
a) a sign saying Abandon Hope all ye who enter here.
b) a giant three headed dragon
c) Izanami, who looked like a zombie
d) A no smoking section

Who chased Izanagi out of the underworld?
a) Izanami
b) Susanoo
c) the three headed dragon god
d) Raijin and Fujin

How was Ameratsu born?
a) She formed out of Izanagi's tears
b) She sprang out of Izanagi's forehead
c) She crawled out of Izanami's corpse
d) Well, you see, bees pollenate flowers. There are these stamens and pistolas...

How was Susanoo born?
a) He was formed from Izanagi's tears
b) He was formed from the snot in Izanagi's nose
c) He was picked from the toejam in Izanagi's big toe
d) Uke Mochi threw him up

Who was Ameratsu married too?
a) Susanoo the moon god
b) Tsukyomi the moon god
c) Uke Mochi the moon god
d) Izanagi

Why did Ameratsu divorce her husband?
a) He refused to do household chores
b) She caught him with one of her handmaidens
c) He killed Uke Mochi because his vomiting was disgusting
d) He killed her favorite handmaiden, a weaver

What was a direct consequence of Ameratsu's divorce?
a) She lost the hot tub
b) She was killed and sent to the underworld
c) She had a deformed child
d) Night and day were separated

How were Fujin and Rajin born?
a) The sprung from Izanami's rotted corpse
b) The north and south winds met and collided
c) From the mist between the ice realm and the fire realm?
d) They formed out of ash trees

What does Kami-kaze literally translate to?
a) Godly spirits
b) Suicide attack
c) Divine wind
d) dragon wrath

What kind of pet did Raijin have?
a) Dragon
b) Horse
c) Cat
d) Wolf

How many gods of fortune are there?
a) Three
b) Five
c) Seven
d) Twelve

Why are there multiple gods of fortune in Japan?
a) The gods stand for different kinds of luck
b) They are collected from Shintoism, Buddhism, and Taoism
c) They are from China, India, and Japan
d) All of the above

Who subdued Raijin and Fujin?
a) Buddha
b) Ameratsu
c) Hachiman
d) Izanagi

How did the gods get Ameratsu out of her cave when she was sulking?
a) They fastened a giant rope out of sea weed
b) Fujin and Raijin chased her out
c) They danced, recited poetry, and made music
d) They killed her favorite handmaiden, a weaver

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