Who offered Midas of reward?

• Mercury

• Bacchus

• Jupiter

• Juno

What was this reward?

• A large basket of fruits from Mt. Olympus

• A beautiful woman

• A goose that laid golden eggs

• Everything he touched would turn to gold

What did Midas not consider when making this request of Bacchus?

• that gold makes men do greedy and unkind things

• that his power was only limited to plants and rocks

• that his power would also turn all food and drink into inedible gold

• that his power would turn himself into gold, thus killing him

How did Midas get rid of his affliction?

• He plunged his head and body into the River Pactolus

• He performed a sacred dance in the palace of Bacchus

• He gave all his gold to the poor

• He abdicated (gave up) the throne

Who did Midas then start to worship?

• Bacchus

• Juno

• Diana

• Pan

To what contest did Pan challenge Apollo?

• A dancing contest

• A music contest

• A poetry contest

• A sporting contest

Who won this contest?

• Pan

• Midas

• Tmolus

• Apollo

Because Midas disagreed with the outcome of the contest, what did Apollo do to him?

• He turned him into a frog

• He gave him the ears of an ass (donkey)

• He turned him into a tree

• He turned him into gold

Who untied the Gordian knot?

• Midas

• Charlemagne

• Alexander the Great

• Socrates

How did he untie it?

• He cut it with his sword

• He had the help of Jupiter

• He had the help of Mercury

• The oracle untied it for him