The Land and Harvest

Who kidnapped Persephone and took her to the underworld?

• Zeus

• Ares

• Hades

• Poseidon

What is Demeter the goddess of?

• Agriculture

• Love

• War

• Wisdom

What happened to the ground and crops when Demeter's daughter was in the underworld?

• They were covered in snow

• They were flooded

• They froze and no crops grew

• They flourished

When was it believed that Persephone was in the underworld with Hades?

• Summer and fall

• Spring and summer

• Fall and winter

• Winter and spring

What did Persephone do when she discovered that her mother had frozen the ground and people were dying?

• She went to live with Poseidon

• She went to live with Zeus

• She returned to her mother

• She stayed in the underworld

What was the consequence of Demeter's anger when Persephone was in the underworld?

• The sun disappeared

• The earth shook

• The ground froze and nothing could grow

• The sea dried up

What did Persephone become in the underworld?

• A warrior

• A queen

• A farmer

• A goddess

What did Persephone do when she returned to her mother?

• She went to live with Poseidon

• She went to live with Hades

• She tended the fields of the earth

• She went to live with Ares

What was the role of Demeter in the story?

• She was a goddess of agriculture

• She was a goddess of love

• She was a queen

• She was a warrior

What was the consequence of Demeter's search for her daughter?

• The sun disappeared

• The ground froze and no crops grew

• The sea dried up

• The ground flourished