Origin of the Seasons

Farmers call Demeter "the great mother" because she-

• has many children

• has raised Persephone well

• is generous to them

• likes to be admired

Hades kidnaps Persepone because he-

• is an enemy of her mother

• wants to marry her

• longs to be immortal

• seeks revenge against Zeus

Demeter asks Apollo for informaton about her daughter because Apollo-

• is related to her

• can predict the future

• may have helped kidnap Persephone

• sees everything from his chariot in the heavens

Which response best explains why Demeter neglects her duties a goddess of the harvest?

• She is grief-stricken over the loss of her daughter.

• She wants to teach Hades a lesson.

• She needs Persephone's help to make crops grow.

• She doesn't think the gods and goddesses respect her.

Demeter places Demophoon in the fire in order to-

• make him immortal

• keep him warm

• hide him from Hades

• frighten his mother

As a result of Metaneira's interference, Demeter-

• kills Demophoon

• loses hope of ever caring for a child again

• reveals her identity as a goddess

• wants Zeus to punish Metaneira

Zeus decides that Persephone must be returned to Demeter to-

• stop the fighting among the gods and goddesses

• make Persephone happy again

• prevent humankind from dying of hunger

• show Demeter that he loves her

Persephone agrees to eat something before she leaves Hades because she-

• is trying to be kind to him

• is weak from a lack of food

• wants to prove to him that she is happy to be leaving

• wishes to avoid arguing with him and delaying her departure

As a result of eating the pomegranate seeds, Persephone-

• forgets her previous life on Earth

• must return to the Underworld for seven months of each year

• is transformed into a beautiful tree

• will never age and die

In this myth, who is the most powerful of the immortals?

• Zeus

• Hades

• Iris