Greek Mythology Intro

Multiple Choice

Which two poets are known for creating the earliest origin myths?

• The Greeks

• Odyssey

• Hesiod & Homer

• Hesiod

Multiple Choice

When were these myths first composed?

• 850 BCE

• 750-650 BCE

• 650-750 BCE

• Before the Current Time Period

Multiple Choice

Gaia created the Titans with who?

• Erebus (The unknowable place where Death dwells)

• Eros (Love)

• The Abyss (Part of the Underworld)

• Uranus (The Sky)

Multiple Choice

Why did Cronus eat his own children?

• So they wouldn't eat him first

• Because Zeus predicted they would take his kingdom from him

• Because he had killed his father, and he was afraid the same would happen to him

• He didn't, this myth is about Uranus

Multiple Choice

What are Zeus and his brothers and sisters called?

• Olympians

• Titans

• The Odyssey

• Hyperion

Multiple Select

Who is Athena?

• Daughter of Zeus

• Goddess of Wisdom

• Goddess of Beauty

• Goddess of Civilization

Multiple Select

What did Prometheus do that angered Zeus?

• Threw the Titans into Erebus so that humans could take their place

• Gave people fire

• Gave some humans powers like the gods

• Made humans stand upright

Multiple Select

Pandora was made by Zeus to be...

• Pandora was made by Gaia

• She was beautiful

• She was deceitful

• She was rich

Poll

What lay at the bottom of the box Pandora opened?

• Empathy

• Disease

• Hope

• Flying and Stinging bugs