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WorksheetsGreek Gods/Goddesses Documentary Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The chief god in Ancient Greece was whom?
a)
Chaos
b)
Zeus
c)
Poseidon
d)
Gaea
2.
Who was the goddess of beauty?
a)
Athena
b)
Aphrodite
c)
Artemis
d)
Hera
3.
Greece was inhabited as early as what year?
a)
700 BC
b)
7000 BC
c)
70000 BC
d)
1990
4.
What happened to the number of Greek gods/goddesses when Ancient Greece was invaded by other nations?
a)
more gods were added/assimilated
b)
they disappeared
c)
it decreased
5.
Greek myths were handed down orally until they were collected, organized, and written down around what year?
a)
750 BC
b)
800 BC
c)
919 BC
d)
600 BC
6.
Who is the likely author of the Greek myths?
a)
Joseph Campbell
b)
Carl Jung
c)
Hesiod
d)
Homer
7.
According to Homer, the world began as a great circular, endless river called what?
a)
Okeanos/Oceanus
b)
The River Styx
c)
Pangea
d)
Pandora
8.
In these written myths, who was Tethys?
a)
the first father earth
b)
the original ruler of the underworld
c)
the first mother earth
d)
the wife of Cronus
9.
Fifty years after Homer, Hesiod, wrote about a god whose name today means disorder, but then meant emptiness. What was this god’s name?
a)
Titan
b)
Gaea
c)
Tethrys
d)
Chaos
10.
Uranus and Gaia had six sons and six daughters who were called what?
a)
Centaurs
b)
Titans
c)
Sirens
d)
Cherubs
11.
Cronus did not want children because he thought one of them would overthrow him. Therefore, he swallowed them. How did Zeus escape this fate?
a)
He hid in the ocean.
b)
Gaia hid him in a cave, gave Cronus a stone to swallow instead
c)
He cut off Cronus' head as soon as he emerged from his mother's womb.
12.
Who is the warrior goddess (Zeus’s daughter)?
a)
Eros
b)
Athena
c)
Artemis
d)
Atalanta
13.
What is the number one difference between Greek gods and goddesses and those of other cultures in the ancient world?
a)
They are created in the image of humans.
b)
They are created in the image of animals.
c)
There are many gods and goddesses.
d)
They have their own residing place.
14.
According to Homer’s creation story, who forms the first man?
a)
Zeus
b)
Prometheus
c)
Athena
d)
Hercules
15.
How is the first man formed, according to Greek mythology?
a)
from stone
b)
from ash
c)
from mud
d)
from metal
16.
According to Hesiod’s creation story, Zeus creates succeeding races of mankind. The first race is called what?
a)
The Golden Race
b)
The Bronze Race
c)
The Platinum Race
d)
The Silver Race
17.
According to Hesiod, women were created as a punishment for what?
a)
Prometheus tricking Zeus when he stole fire.
b)
Hercules being arrogant towards the gods.
c)
Zeus cheating on Hera.
d)
The gods injuring Hephestus.
18.
The first woman Zeus gave man was whom?
a)
Rhea
b)
Pandora
c)
Atalanta
d)
Persephone
19.
What evils were in Pandora’s jar/box?
a)
sickness, pain, suffering, disease
b)
adultery, jealousy, anger, pride
c)
envy, cursing, gluttony, lies
20.
Why was hope considered evil also to the Ancient Greeks?
a)
With hope you can control the future. Hope was controversial.
b)
Hope defied the gods because humans were in control.
21.
What was left in Pandora's jar/box when she let everything else out?
a)
hope
b)
inspiration
c)
love
d)
harmony
22.
Why does Hera continue to try to kill Hercules, driving him to fits of madness?
a)
Hercules was Zeus’s illegitimate son, so Hera was angry at his existence.
b)
Hercules had to be tested to prove his heroism.
c)
Hercules made Hera jealous because he did not want to be with her.
23.
According to Greek mythology, ___________ wove a thread that determined when a person's life would end.
a)
fates
b)
sirens
c)
mermaids
d)
phoenixes
24.
How many muses were there?
a)
7
b)
8
c)
9
d)
10
25.
Ancient Greece consisted of how many independent city-states? Each of these had its own god.
a)
600
b)
700
c)
60
d)
70
26.
Who was Hera?
a)
Goddess of Marriage
b)
Goddess of Adultery
c)
Goddess of Knowledge
d)
Goddess of the Hunt
27.
Who was Pan?
a)
Shepherd’s god; half human, half goat
b)
Ironworker's god; half human, half eagle
c)
Baker's god; half human, half pig
d)
Fire god; half human, half dragon
28.
Why did the Greeks have a god called “the unknown god”?
a)
This was their way of covering their tracks “just in case.”
b)
They were confused.
c)
They were silly.
d)
They were wacko.
29.
Over 2500 years ago, the oldest organized sporting event called what began in Greece?
a)
The Superbowl
b)
The World Cup
c)
The Olympic Games
30.
Zeus - Roman name?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Mars
c)
Mercury
d)
Pluto
31.
Poseidon - Roman name?
a)
Neptune
b)
Pluto
c)
Mars
d)
Venus
32.
Hera - Roman name?
a)
Venus
b)
Minerva
c)
Juno
d)
Pluto
33.
Aphrodite - Roman name?
a)
Venus
b)
Pluto
c)
Minerva
d)
Jupiter
34.
Ares - Roman name?
a)
Mars
b)
Venus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
35.
Hades - Roman name?
a)
Pluto
b)
Venus
c)
Mars
d)
Jupiter
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