Demeter and Persephone

What natural phenomenon is explained through this myth?

• blizzards and droughts

• sunrise and sunsets

• the four seasons

• earthquakes

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Who is Persephone's mother?

• Hera
• Demeter
• Hades
• Zeus

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Who kidnapped Persephone and took her to the underworld

• Hades
• Demeter
• Ares
• Zeus

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Hades is the God of ________________

• the spring
• the summer
• the sky
• the underworld

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Persephone eats 3 seeds of _____________

• pomegranate

• apple

• orange

• sunflower

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Persephone has to stay in the dark underworld for _____ months of the year.

• two

• three

• six

• four

Dark,cold  winter remained for a long time because Demeter grieved for her _________

• missing shoes 
• missing husband
• missing daughter
• missing iPhone 

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What 2 girls were laughing and singing with Persephone before she was taken?

• Hades and Demeter

• Chloris and Iole

• Hermes and Chloris

• Helios and Iole

Who are Hades brothers?

• Zeus and Poseidon

• Zeus and Helios

• Helios and Poseidon

• Helios and Hermes

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While Persephone is with her mother, the earth will experience...

• fall

• winter

• spring

• summer

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