Greek God Review

The 9-headed beast Heracles killed was...

• Icarus

• Hermes

• Hydra

• Minotaur

The Greek gods lived on

• Mount Olympus

• Hades

• Beneath the sea

• None of the above

Punished by Athena for falling in loved with Poseidon, _________ was cursed.

• Persephone

• Medusa

• Hera

• None of the above.

Who did Charon place at the entrance of Hades to guard it from mortals?

• Heracles

• Cerberus

• Hydra

• Minotaur

What did the ferryman require you pay him in order to cross the river Styx and enter the underworld?

• Two copper coins

• Passage was free.

• Silver

• None of the above

How did Heracles' parents know their child possessed superhuman strength.

• He throttled two snakes as an infant.

• He benchpressed 200 lbs.

• He took his father down.

• All of the above

Cronos ate his children but Zeus and his mother, Hera, poisoned him with _________________

• Vinegar

• Honey

• Mustartd

• All of the above

When the Greeks buried their dead, they put a coin under the corpse’s tongue so that his soul could pay the fare on the ferry that crossed the river Styx.

• True

• False

As a special punishment in Hades, Tantalus has been given a burning thirst and set chin-deep in a cool, clear stream of water. But every time he bends to put his lips to the water, it shrinks away, and he can never drink.

• True

• False

As a special punishment in Hades, Sisyphus must always push a huge rock uphill. Each time he gets it halfway up, it breaks loose and rolls down to the bottom, and he must begin again. And this he will do for all time.

• True

• False