The Myth of Hades and Persephone

Demeter is the goddess of ______________

• fields

• spring

• agriculture

• dust

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Who is Demeter's daughter?

• Persopine

• Porcupine

• Persephone

• Persefoni

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Who is Hades?

• The God of the darkness

• The God of the dead and underworld

• Your father

• The God of sunshine

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________ live on Mount Olympus and Zeus is Persephone's ________

• Dogs, uncle

• Gods, Father

• Zeus, Brother

• Gods, Grandfather

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Why did the crops wither when Demeter was out looking for her daughter Persephone?

• She waters all the plants

• She is Goddess of Agriculture and her sadness can effect the crop yield

• She was intentionally poisoning the crops

• Zeus was punishing her

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How did Persephone protest her predicament?

• By eating too much

• By not eating

• By body slamming Hades

• By crying uncontrollably

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Why didn't Persephone want to eat any of the fruit the grows in the underworld?

• It is too delicious

• it eats you

• Her mother told her not to.

• Hades traps you there forever.

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What was the bargain that was made for Persephone?

• half of her time in the land of the living half in the land of the dead

• 2/3 of her time in the land of the living, 1/3 in the land of the dead with Hades

• 1/3 in the land of the living 2/3 in the land of the dead

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What does Persephone's return mean?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

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What does Persephone's departure from the land of the living mean?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

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