Prometheus and Pandora

The name Prometheus means

• afterthought

• forethought

• distraught

• unthoughtful

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CCSS.L.6.4A

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CCSS.RL.6.4

The name Epimetheus means

• afterthought

• forethought

• distraught

• unthoughtful

Who was the king of the gods at this time?

• Titan

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Zeus

What did Prometheus think man needed to be happy?

• food

• tools

• fire

• ambrosia

Why did Jupiter refuse to give man fire?

• man might live like beasts

• man might drive them out of the kingdom

• man might starve to death

• man would be poor and ignorant

What did Prometheus use to start fire?

• piece of wood

• seaweed

• cornstalk

• stalk of fennel

How did Prometheus start the fire?

• the flames of the sun

• a spark from a stone

• a burning light on the mountainside

• the embers of a campfire

When man received fire, they felt that ______ had been given to them.

• happiness

• peace

• life

• love

What age might have come again if Prometheus had continued to help man?

• ice age

• golden age

• middle age

• industrial age

How did Jupiter feel when he found out what Prometheus had done?

• proud

• excited

• disturbed

• angry