"Pandora's Box"

Hephaestus asks the goddesses to ...

• express their opinion of Pandora.

• ask Zeus to stop punishing humans.

• hide the box from all human beings.

• give Pandora some of their powers.

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What does Epimetheus have trouble believing?

• Pandora will love him.

• Zeus sent Pandora for him.

• Hermes actually appeared.

• Pandora is a real woman.

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Epimetheus asks Pandora to promise that she will...

• return fire to the gods.

• keep the box closed forever.

• stay in love with him forever.

• ask Zeus for the truth about the gift.

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What does Pandora decide to do with the box?

• peek inside the box but touch nothing

• ask Hermes to take the box to Zeus

• remove everything inside the box

• bury the box deep in the ground

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Pandora's guilty feelings reveal that idea that you can hurt others if you make the human error of...

• ignoring any advice you get.

• accepting a gift without giving one.

• thinking only of what you desire to do.

• falling in love with someone beautiful.

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Which detail from the myth most develops the theme that life has both good and bad sides?

• Zeus is cruel to people.

• The inside of the box is ugly.

• Hermes delivers the beautiful box.

• The box contains both pain and hope.

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What did Prometheus do to make Zeus angry?

• He asked for a wife for his brother.

• He taught human beings to have hope.

• He stole fire from the gods for humans.

• He like human beings more than gods.

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Epimetheus worries about accepting Zeus's gift because...

• Pandora tells him about Zeus's anger.

• Hermes tells him that the gift is a curse.

• The goddesses refuse to bless the marriage.

• His brother warns him to distrust the gods' gifts.

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What makes Epimetheus ignore his doubts about the gifts from the gods?

• his deep love for Pandora

• the box's shining beauty

• faith in his own strength

• the kind words from Hermes

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Pandora begins feeling that she has a right to open the box because...

• Epimetheus is slow-witted.

• the box is her own dowry.

• Zeus brings people good luck.

• something makes noise inside.

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