WorksheetsOdyssey background quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the Greek Goddess of love and beauty?
a)
Athena
b)
Aphrodite
c)
Hera
d)
Hermione
2.
Who was the Greek king of the gods who ruled from Mount Olympus and was brother to Hades and Poseidon?
a)
Zeus
b)
Poseidon
c)
Hera
d)
Percy Jackson
3.
Who was the Greek messenger of the gods?
a)
Hercules
b)
Hermes
c)
Helios
d)
Harry Potter
4.
Who was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus and Hades?
a)
Poseidon
b)
Priam
c)
Perseus
d)
Percival
5.
Who was the Greek goddess of war, reason, intelligent activity, arts, and literature ?
a)
Artemis
b)
Ares
c)
Athena
d)
Aphrodite
6.
Who was the Greek god of light, music math and prophecy?
a)
Athena
b)
Ares
c)
Apollo
d)
Alexander
7.
Who is the Greek hero of Homer's The Odyssey?
a)
Jason
b)
Heracles
c)
Perseus
d)
Odysseus
8.
Which is a sea monster that created whirlpools?
a)
Charybdis
b)
Sith
c)
Chimera
d)
Zeus
9.
What do the faces of the Sirens look like?
a)
birds
b)
women
c)
babies
d)
fish
10.
What is epic poetry?
a)
a long, narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that are significant to the culture
b)
a story about a hero in which the hero has to go through many tasks
11.
The story of the Iliad is about
a)
the Trojan War
b)
Odysseus journey home
c)
Perseus
d)
Mount Olympus
12.
Who came up with the idea of the Trojan horse?
a)
Helen
b)
Odysseus
c)
Achilles
d)
Paris
13.
Credited with “writing” The Odyssey •Lived around 900-700 BC? •A blind minstrel who wandered from place to place reciting poems
a)
Homer
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
d)
Harper Lee
14.
Model war story; About the last year of the Trojan war; Achilles’ role and his eventual end
a)
The Odyssey
b)
The Illiad
15.
Home of the Gods
a)
Ikea
b)
Mt. Olympus
c)
Troy
d)
Ithaca
16.
Who was the Greek virgin goddess of reason, intelligent activity, arts and literature?
a)
Aphrodite
b)
Hera
c)
Penelope
d)
Athena
17.
Who were the nine Greek goddesses that inspired in literature, science and art?
a)
The Muses
b)
The Gorgons
c)
The Sirens
d)
The Oracles
18.
Who was the Nymph who captured Odysseus, fell in love with him and kept him as her immortal husband.
a)
Circe
b)
Athena
c)
Penelope
d)
Calypso
19.
Who was the son of Odysseus?
a)
Laertes
b)
Polyphemus
c)
Tiresius
d)
Telemachus
20.
Who was the famous prophet of Apollo?
a)
Polyphemus
b)
Oedipus
c)
Teiresias
d)
Laertes
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