WorksheetsMythology: Perseus & Medusa
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Perseus borrows this from Athena and uses it to look at Medusa's reflection
a)
sword
b)
shield
c)
helmet
d)
mirror
2.
Danae's father, he fears his grandson will kill him.
a)
Dictys
b)
Polydectes
c)
Acrisius
d)
Cepheus
3.
Country that Andromeda comes from
a)
Greece
b)
Athens
c)
Thebes
d)
Ethiopeia
4.
Perseus marries her after rescuing her from a sea serpent
a)
Andromeda
b)
Cassiopeia
c)
Ethiopia
d)
Europa
5.
Mother of Perseus
a)
Andromeda
b)
Casseopeia
c)
Danae
d)
Pasiphae
6.
Father of Perseus
a)
Acrisius
b)
Polydectes
c)
Poseidon
d)
Zeus
7.
This god raped Medusa in Athena's temple
a)
Zeus
b)
Poseidon
c)
Ares
d)
Dictys
8.
The evil ruler who wants to marry Danae; he is killed by Medusa's stare.
a)
Acrisius
b)
Dictys
c)
Polydectes
d)
Aegeus
9.
Perseus cuts off this monster's head
a)
Medusa
b)
Chimera
c)
Scylla
d)
Hydra
10.
This god loans Perseus his winged sandals
a)
Hades
b)
Hermes
c)
Athena
d)
Apollo
11.
Zeus's shield; Medusa's head is on it.
a)
Aegeus
b)
Aegis
c)
Athena
d)
Discus
12.
Medusa was once a priestess of this goddess
a)
Aphrodite
b)
Artemis
c)
Hestia
d)
Athena
13.
Acrisius was killed by this item
a)
Medusa's head
b)
a discus
c)
poisonous snakes
d)
the Chimera
14.
The fisherman who rescues Perseus and his mother, freeing them from the chest
a)
Dictys
b)
Polydectes
c)
Acrisius
d)
Graea
15.
Medusa's stare turns men into these
a)
statues
b)
snakes
c)
monsters
d)
ash
16.
Three old women who share one eyeball; they tell Perseus how to find the Stygian nymphs
a)
Graces
b)
Muses
c)
Furies
d)
Graea
17.
Any person who is half human and half god
a)
hero
b)
demigod
c)
semigod
d)
elysian
18.
The blood from Medusa's head produces these
a)
statues
b)
snakes
c)
scorpions
d)
poison
19.
She brags that her daughter is more beautiful than the daughters of Nereus
a)
Andromeda
b)
Naxos
c)
Cassiopeia
d)
Ethiopia
20.
Type of monsters that turn men into stone; Medusa is the only mortal one
a)
Graea
b)
Furies
c)
Muses
d)
Gorgons
21.
Son of Zeus and Danae
a)
Theseus
b)
Acrisius
c)
Perseus
d)
Dictys
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