The myth of Pandora's box - TED-Ed

The nature of curiosity is...

• mythical

• ancient

• paradoxical

• personified

Pandora was a _____ woman.

• mortal

• curiosity

• cursed

• divine

From Hermes, Pandora gained...

• mastery over language

• the gift of craftsmanship

• her name

• capacity for deep emotion

The box Zeus bestowed upon Pandora was...

• heavy

• ornate

• sealed

• obsessed

Epimetheus was tasked by Zeus with designing...

• a soul for companionship

• the natural world

• earth-shattering events

• life on earth

Prometheus was eternally punished for giving humans...

• fire

• curiosity

• traits

• talent

Pandora was...

• easily distracted

• absent minded

• excitable

• impatient

Pandora’s fingers itched to _____ the box.

• settle into

• pry open

• steal away

• rattle around

What did the enigma of the box become?

• maddening

• louder and louder

• convinced

• strained

What did Pandora believe taking a glance inside the box would do?

• become more obsessed with

• brimmed with excitement

• not under any circumstances

• rid her mind of it forever