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Demeter and Persephone Quiz

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7th Grade

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Demeter and Persephone Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Who are Persephone's parents?

Hades and Aphrodite

Zeus and Demeter

Hermes and Aphrodite

Ares and Demeter

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Who falls in love with Persephone and steals her away?

Ares

Zeus

Hades

Apollo

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What does Demeter do when she learns that Zeus approved the marriage between Persephone and Hades?

She cries until the entire world is flooded with water

She screams until all of the beasts of the world fall silent

She covers the earth in snow and kills all of the plants

She agrees with him and throws Persephone an enormous party

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

When Zeus calls upon Hades to send Persephone back to Demeter, what does Hades give to Persephone?

Pomegranate seeds

A magic mirror

A locket

A curse

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Why is the pomegranate significant?

It is poisonous--Hades kills Persephone in order to be with her forever in the underworld

It is the first fruit to grow in spring, signalling Persephone's return

It is what Persephone named her first child

Every pomegranate seed Persephone ate resulted in a month she must spend in the underworld with Hades

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What does the story of Persephone and Demeter explain?

How pomegranates came to be

The seasons

Snow

The sea

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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