QUIZ 1: THE GORGON'S HEAD

________was king of Seriphos, in a land called Greece.

• Polydectes

• Acrisius

• Dictys

________, King of Argos, came home from Delphi with a heavy heart, for he had received a dreadful oracle.

• Polydectes

• Acrisius

• Dictys

_______, a son was born to Danae, she hid him from her father’s sight.

• Perseus

• Zeus

• Apollo

It happened that a fisherman, ______ by name, saw the chest bobbing on the waves close to the shore.

• Polydectes

• Acrisius

• Dictys

______ was one of the three Gorgons, terrible winged monsters who lived alone on an island.

• Medusa

• Athena

• Steno

They have but one eye shared among the three.

• Gray Women

• Gray Woman

• Grey Women

______ gave Perseus a magnificent curved sword for Medusa’s scales are hard as metal.

• Hermes

• Nymphs

• Athena

They give him the winged shoes, the helmet that would make him invisible, and the magic wallet that would become the right size for whatever he wish to carry.

• Hermes

• Nymphs

• Athena

“Daughter of Cepheus, King of the Ethiopians. The beautiful Cassiopeia is my mother. ‘’

• Athena

• Helen

• Andromeda

_________became stony statues before Phineas yielded, crying.

• 100

• 200

• 300