WorksheetsMythology: The Underworld
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Section of the Underworld where most people wandered aimlessly.
a)
Erebus
b)
Elysian Fields
c)
Tartarus
d)
Acheron
2.
Musician who journeyed to the Underworld to rescue his dead bride.
a)
Orpheus
b)
Eurydice
c)
Charon
d)
Acheron
3.
Wife and niece of Hades; Daughter of Demeter
a)
Io
b)
Persephone
c)
Daphne
d)
Eurydice
4.
Boiled his son and fed him to the gods. Punished in the Underworld with constant hunger and thirst.
a)
Tantalus
b)
Tartarus
c)
Sisyphus
d)
Sinis
5.
Aided in Hera catching Zeus with a mistress; punished by pushing a boulder uphill for eternity.
a)
Tantalus
b)
Sisyphus
c)
Tartarus
d)
Sciron
6.
Ferries the souls of the Underworld; money is put on the lips of the dead to pay his toll.
a)
Tartarus
b)
Chiron
c)
Charon
d)
Tantalus
7.
Section of the Underworld where heroes went after they died.
a)
Erebus
b)
Tantalus
c)
Tartarus
d)
Elysium
8.
Persephone ate the seeds of this fruit while in the Underworld
a)
apple
b)
figs
c)
poemegranate
d)
grapes
9.
The 3-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld.
a)
Naxos
b)
Furies
c)
Erebus
d)
Cerberus
10.
Section of the Underworld where sinners were punished.
a)
Tantalus
b)
Tartarus
c)
Elysium
d)
Erebus
11.
River of Forgetfulness
a)
Acheron
b)
Styx
c)
Lethe
d)
Phlegathon
12.
River of Unbreakable Oath
a)
Styx
b)
Acheron
c)
Phlegathon
d)
Lethe
13.
River of Woe
a)
Styx
b)
Lethe
c)
Acheron
d)
Phlegathon
14.
Women who punish evildoers in the Underworld & pursue sinners on earth
a)
Furies
b)
Graea
c)
Fates
d)
Muses
15.
God of the Underworld & King of the Dead. Had a helmet of invisibility.
a)
Charon
b)
Nyx
c)
Hades
d)
Morpheus
16.
Killed on her wedding day when she is bitten by a snake.
a)
Sisyphus
b)
Tantalus
c)
Eurydice
d)
Orpheus
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