Mythology by Edith Hamilton

What is given to Cronus to eat instead of his son, Zeus?

• a bull

• twin brother

• a rock

• his son

Which of the following is not a motif in Mythology?

• Love

• Beauty

• The Hero's Quest

• Lightning

How does Prometheus anger the gods?

• Rejecting Aphrodite’s love

• Seducing Zeus’s wife

• Demanding that men worship him as a god

• Giving fire to humankind

How does Odysseus escape Polyphemus’s cave?

• A winged horse and a magic spear

• A cap of invisibility and winged sandals

• A hollow wooden horse

• Wine, a very sharp stick, and lots of rams

How does Psyche betray Cupid?

• Seeing what he looked like

• Cheating on him with another god

• Telling her sisters who he is

• Stealing his magic bow and arrows

Which of the following is one of the worst traits one can exhibit in the world of ancient Greece?

• Kindness

• Arrogance

• Lust

• Beauty

Perseus is famous for killing_______________?

• Minotaur

• Hydra

• Sphinx

• Medusa

Which of the following does Hercules not accomplish?

• Killing the Nemean lion

• Killing the Calydonian boar

• Saving Theseus from Hades

• Removing all the feces from the Augean Stables

From which three goddesses does Paris have to choose the fairest?

• Demeter, Hera, and Persephone

• Aphrodite, Demeter, and Hestia

• Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera

• Aphrodite, Artemis, and Athena

Which of the following were all great Greek heroes in the Trojan War?

• Theseus, Hercules, and Perseus

• Hector, Priam, and Cadmus

• Menelaus, Agamemnon, and Ajax

• Achilles, Odysseus, and Aeneas