Persephone - Reading A-z

Did Persphone live in the underworld?

• Yes

• No

What was similar between Hades and Demeter?

• They both are goddesses.

• They both lived in the underworld.

• They both loved Persephone.

• They both ate four pomegranates.

Why did Demeter create winter?

• She was mad at Persephone and wanted her to be cold.

• She thought she would become Elsa from Frozen.

• She wanted to build a snowman.

• She was grieving missing Persephone.

Why did Persephone eat the pomegranate seeds?

• She had never had them before and wanted to try them.

• She was tempted to eat them because she was hungry.

• Hades told her to eat them or she would never return to Earth.

• Demeter sent her the pomegranate as a present and she was excited.

What was the main problem that Hades had?

• Hades wanted to find a queen for the underworld.

• He wanted a pomegranate tree in the underworld.

• He was scared of the underworld.

• Hades got in a fight with Zeus.

What was the main idea of the story?

• how Demeter became the goddess of the earth

• why Hades loved the underworld

• how Zeus became king of the gods

• Why there are seasons

Because Persephone ate the pomegranate seeds, she sealed her ________ that she would have to spend 4 months in the underworld every year.

• tempted

• greived

• realm

• fate

Hades returned Persephone because...

• Hades wanted Persephone to be happy.

• Hades no longer needed a queen.

• Zeus gave Hades gold in exchange for Persephone.

• Zeus was the king of the gods.

When Persephone got taken to the underworld, what happened?

• Zeus told Hades to give Persephone the pomegranate seeds.

• Demeter went to the underworld to look for Persephone.

• Everyone forgot about Persephone.

• The weather became cold, and the plants died.

How would you contrast Persephone and Demeter?

• Persephone was not a goddess but Demeter was.

• Persephone loved winter, but Demeter preferred summer.

• Persephone liked Hades, but Demeter did not.

• Demeter understood the rules of the underworld, but Persephone did not.