WorksheetsGreek Mythology Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
My mother was locked in a tower because my grandfather thought her child (me) would kill him. He was right.
a)
Perseus
b)
Minos
c)
Aegeus
d)
Procrustes
2.
My son was murdered by the Athenians. I demand tribute in the form of 7 youths and 7 maidens every year. My wife's child, the Minotaur, needs to eat after all!
a)
Minos
b)
Eros
c)
Sciron
d)
Theseus
3.
My father was tricked by my mother into eating a stone instead of me. He was such a bad father that I cut him to pieces and took over ruling the world.
a)
Zeus
b)
Poseidon
c)
Corynetes
d)
Zephyrus
4.
My baby brother gets all the attention, but I am pretty cool too. I rule the oceans and taught humans how to harness the power of horses.
a)
Poseidon
b)
Hades
c)
Demeter
d)
Midas
5.
I am a cruel robber on the road to Athens. Some people call me the "pine bender," but they only do it once!
a)
Pitocamptes
b)
Zephyrus
c)
Procrustes
d)
Narcissus
6.
I am the king of Athens. I have waited a long time for my secret son to grow up and come to me. I will know him by the sword and sandals he wears.
a)
Aegeus
b)
Uranus
c)
Theseus
d)
Sciron
7.
I am the west wind and the fastest delivery system ever. Eros depends on me to bring him whatever is needed.
a)
Zephryus
b)
Gray Sisters
c)
Medusa
d)
Eurydice
8.
I fell in love with my husband's beautiful music! I thought we would live happily ever after, but I was almost taken! I ran away but stepped on a snake and died.
a)
Eurydice
b)
Echo
c)
Demeter
d)
Gaea
9.
My mother is so vain that her extreme bragging caused me to be chained to a rock and about to be eaten by a sea monster. Luckily, this hero saved me!
a)
Perseus
b)
Theseus
c)
Eros
d)
Zeus
10.
My husband. My son. Hey! It's all in the family with me!!
a)
Gaea
b)
Rhea
c)
Chaos
d)
Aphrodite
11.
I love to stretch in bed. Unfortunately, I was stretched a bit too far and would up dead. I guess I deserved to be punished for doing it to others.
a)
Procrustes
b)
Sciron
c)
Corynetes
d)
Pitocamptes
12.
Cliff-diving is my hobby. Oh - not for me, but for the poor unfortunate souls who try to pass on my road. The go off the cliff and my pet turtle gets a snack. A win-win, until it was me who flew off the cliff.
a)
Sciron
b)
Pitocamptes
c)
Corynetes
d)
Procrustes
13.
On the road to Athens, you better duck! Lest I club you over the head!
a)
Corynetes
b)
Pitocamptes
c)
Procrustes
d)
Sciron
14.
I travel far and wide, making roads safe, stopping human tributes, and slaying disgusting beasts.
a)
Theseus
b)
Perseus
c)
Achilles
d)
Hermes
15.
You could say I have the extreme "cootie" touch. Don't get too close - you might see my donkey ears.
a)
Midas
b)
Aegeus
c)
Orpheus
d)
Hades
16.
If I were to write a love poem, it would be entitled: "Ode to Myself."
a)
Narcissus
b)
Perseus
c)
Eros
d)
Prometheus
17.
I am Love. My wife, who doubted me at first, went through many trials to earn her place by my side. She is Soul.
a)
Eros
b)
Hermes
c)
Hephaestus
d)
Acrisius
18.
I am a nymph. I tricked Hera. My punishment was to only repeat others' last words. Last words. Last words.
a)
Echo
b)
Demeter
c)
Persephone
d)
Andromeda
19.
I am one of those helicopter moms. I hover around my daughter ALL THE TIME. When she is gone, the whole world suffers.
a)
Demeter
b)
Persephone
c)
Hera
d)
Athena
20.
I had it much tougher than you when I was a kid. When I was a kid, there was nothing. Literally. Nothing. Total emptiness. Everything came out of me.
a)
Chaos
b)
Uranus
c)
Kronos
d)
Zeus
21.
My husband. My brother. I thought he would be better than my father, but the men in my family like to destroy their own children. I should have married better.
a)
Rhea
b)
Gaea
c)
Athena
d)
Hestia
22.
My father was not nice. He locked me in a tower. At least I had the company of a god to comfort me. He threw me in a chest and set me off to sea. At least I had the company of my son to comfort me.
a)
Danae
b)
Andromeda
c)
Aethra
d)
Persephone
23.
Don't even think about sneaking a glance at me! It could be fatal.
a)
Medusa
b)
Gray Sisters
c)
Hesperides
d)
Danae
24.
My mother is always after me. All I wanted to do was hang out in the Underworld, but she freaked out. I was so hungry, I couldn't help eating a pomegranate seed.
a)
Persephone
b)
Danae
c)
Acrisius
d)
Eurydice
25.
Me and my two sisters are a unit. We share everything! And then, one day, some snotty boy borrows our eye and demands answers to his questions. The nerve!
a)
Gray Sisters
b)
Gorgons
c)
Hesperides
d)
Medusa
26.
I had this total crush on this hot girl, so I took her to my lair - underground. Everything was great until her mother insisted she came home. But since I had her eat a pomegranate seed, she is all mine for 6 months of the year.
a)
Hades
b)
Icarus
c)
Perseus
d)
Orpheus
27.
Uranus was always getting in trouble with his old lady for . . .
a)
eating the kids
b)
jailing the kids
c)
drowning the kids
28.
King Midas was a fool. He didn't think a god should win a contest - silly mortal. So this god gave him some special ears.
a)
Apollo
b)
Hera
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Dionysus
29.
Orpheus was *this close* to having his wife back, until . . .
a)
he turned around too soon
b)
she grew snakes on her head
c)
he died
d)
she turned to stone
30.
Psyche's horrible sisters convinced her that her new hubby was probably a horrible beast because she
a)
never saw him in daylight
b)
said he was hairy
c)
said he was in love with himself
d)
said he was ugly
31.
The coup d'etat that got Uranus off the throne was orchestrated by
a)
Kronus
b)
Zeus
c)
Poseidon
d)
Hera
32.
Who gave the gods their super-cool weapons?
a)
Hundred-handed giants
b)
Cyclopes
c)
Gorgons
d)
Titans
33.
Aegeus threw himself into the sea when he saw this color flag on his son's ship
a)
black
b)
white
c)
red
d)
no sail
34.
Daedalus was full of jealousy about this guy's talent. So he threw him off a cliff. Of course.
a)
Perdix
b)
Pasiphae
c)
Minos
d)
Icarus
35.
Pandora couldn't stop talking about
a)
a box
b)
a letter
c)
a golden thread
d)
her shoes
36.
Daedalus made many things EXCEPT
a)
a bed that could stretch you to your death
b)
the labyrinth
c)
mechanical dolls
d)
wings that could fly
37.
These sons of Gaea and Uranus were banished to Tartarus, but they liked the scenery so they ended up staying as guards.
a)
Hundred-handed Giants
b)
Fates
c)
Cyclopes
d)
Titans
38.
Prometheus gave this gift to humans
a)
fire
b)
wheel
c)
horses
d)
seeds
39.
The creation of the Minotaur came about from . . .
a)
Pasiphae falling in love with a bull
b)
Aphrodite falling in love with a cow
c)
Zeus spending time with river nymphs
40.
Rhea married
a)
Kronos
b)
Her brother
c)
Both
41.
Gaea married
a)
Uranus
b)
Her brother
c)
Both
42.
Hera married
a)
Zeus
b)
Her brother
c)
Both
43.
Athena helped out
a)
Perseus
b)
Theseus
c)
Aegeus
44.
The Gray Sisters shared
a)
an eye
b)
a tooth
c)
both
45.
Hermes, the messenger god, could travel so quickly because he wore
a)
winged shoes
b)
a diadem
c)
wings that fly
46.
Aphrodite punished all of the following EXCEPT
a)
Echo
b)
Narcissus
c)
Psyche
d)
Pasiphae
47.
Ariadne did not agree with her father about
a)
the killing of Athenian boys and girls
b)
that girls should marry young
c)
that hope was a useless emotion
48.
Medusa was killed when
a)
Perseus decapitated her
b)
Theseus slayed her in the labyrinth
c)
Apollo's rays of sun melted her
d)
She stepped on a snake
49.
The myth of Demeter and Persephone is used to explain
a)
the seasons
b)
the constellations
c)
the moon cycle
d)
the tides
50.
Katniss Everdeen and Theseus have all the following in common EXCEPT
a)
volunteered as tribute
b)
no strong father figure
c)
face many obstacles
d)
are torn between loving two people
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