Greek Creation Myth Quiz

From the Greek creation myth, this is the term for the "nothingness" in the beginning.

• Black hole

• Chaos

• Underworld

• Heaven

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Because Uranus hated his children, he did THIS to them:

• Ate them

• Sent them to an island

• Forced them back into their mother's womb

• Fed them poison

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How many children did Cronos and Rhea have?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

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What did Rhea give Cronos to keep him from swallowing one of his children?

• A potion

• A cheeseburger

• A sickle

• A rock

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Zeus's most prominent, well-known wife is

• Demeter

• Athena

• Hera

• Hestia

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Hermes is the ______________ god.

• Messenger god

• War god

• Sea god

• Underworld god

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Medusa is known for

• Once being beautiful

• Having snakes for hair

• Turning men to stone

• All of the above

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What appeared after Medusa's head was removed?

• A swan

• A pegasus

• A ram with golden fleece

• A cyclops

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Although he is terribly deformed, Hephaestus...

• Became the god of fire and the forge

• Makes beautifully crafted metal works

• Married the goddess of beauty

• All of the above

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Aphrodite was *born* this way

• Popped out of Zeus's head

• Arose from the seafoam

• Delivered by her own twin brother

• Fell out of the chariot of the sun

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