WorksheetsHercules
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was Hercules' Greek name?
a)
Jercules
b)
Herculon
c)
Herculopolis
d)
Heracles
2.
Who was Hercules' mother?
a)
Hera
b)
Eurystheus
c)
Alcmena
d)
Deianara
3.
Who was Hercules' father?
a)
Zeus
b)
Admetus
c)
Amphitryon
d)
Chiron
4.
Who was Hercules' step-father?
a)
Zeus
b)
Admetus
c)
Amphitryon
d)
Chiron
5.
What creatures did Hera send against Hercules when he was a baby?
a)
Furies
b)
snakes
c)
harpies
d)
scorpions
6.
Who made Hercules go insane?
a)
Chiron
b)
Hades
c)
Nessus
d)
Hera
7.
What did Hercules do while insane?
a)
killed Chiron
b)
married Hippolyta
c)
killed his family
d)
drank the hydra's poison
8.
Who was Hercules' first wife?
a)
Megara
b)
Alcmena
c)
Deianira
d)
Hippolyta
9.
To whom was Hercules made a slave?
a)
Apollo
b)
Diomedes
c)
Hades
d)
Eurystheus
10.
What creature had a hide which couldn't be pierced?
a)
Cerberus
b)
Nemean Lion
c)
Hind of Cerynia
d)
Lernean Hydra
11.
How many years was Hercules initially supposed to be enslaved?
a)
3
b)
7
c)
10
d)
15
12.
What creature would grow two heads in place of every single head that was cut off?
a)
Cerberus
b)
Hind of Cerynia
c)
Stymphalian Birds
d)
Lernean Hydra
13.
Who was fed to his own flesh-eating horses?
a)
Diomedes
b)
Geryon
c)
Hippolyta
d)
Augeus
14.
Who helped Hercules retrieve the golden apples of the Hesperides?
a)
Eurystheus
b)
Artemis
c)
Iolus
d)
Atlas
15.
What was the Hind of Cerynia?
a)
the guardian of the golden apples
b)
a deer sacred to Artemis
c)
an oracle
d)
Cerynia's big bottom
16.
Which opponent is described as having 3 bodies?
a)
Lernean Hydra
b)
Geryon
c)
Cerberus
d)
Hippolyta
17.
In which labor did Hercules divert a river?
a)
Apples of the Hesperides
b)
Cretan Bull
c)
Augean Stables
d)
Erymanthean Boar
18.
Whom did Hercules rescue from the Underworld by fighting Death?
a)
Alcestis
b)
Megara
c)
Eurystheus
d)
Eurydice
19.
What did the Stymphalian Birds use to kill people?
a)
their beaks
b)
their claws
c)
their feathers
d)
their firey breath
20.
Which creature(s) was able to breathe fire?
a)
Stymphalian Birds
b)
Cretan Bull
c)
Erymanthean Boar
d)
Cerberus
21.
Who was Hippolyta?
a)
one of Hercules' wives
b)
the master of the flesh-eating mares
c)
the guardian of the golden apples
d)
queen of the Amazons
22.
What did Hercules take from Geryon?
a)
cattle
b)
gold
c)
his head
d)
a club
23.
Who was the second wife of Hercules?
a)
Megara
b)
Alcmena
c)
Deianira
d)
Hippolyta
24.
What was the name of the centaur who kidnapped Hercules' wife?
a)
Admetus
b)
Chiron
c)
Charon
d)
Nessus
25.
What did Hercules' wife put on his cloak?
a)
feathers
b)
centaur's blood
c)
a potion of strength
d)
itching powder
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