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Myth Names Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the grandfather of Perseus?

a)

Andromeda

b)

Apollo

c)

Acrisius

d)

Athena

2.

What was the name of King Cepheus's daughter who was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to Poseidon?

a)

Persephone

b)

Arachne

c)

Andromeda

d)

Danaus

3.

What are the names of the goddess of beauty?

a)

Aphrodite / Venus

b)

Artemis / Diana

c)

Hera / Juno

d)

Eros / Cupid

4.

What is the name of Apollo's twin?

a)

Hermes

b)

Demeter

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Artemis

5.

What mortal was turned into a spider after angering Athena boasting she was a better weaver?

a)

Iris

b)

Hestia

c)

Jocasta

d)

Arachne

6.

What is the Roman name of Ares?

a)

Mercury

b)

Mars

c)

Venus

d)

Vulcan

7.

What is the Greek name of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom?

a)

Eros

b)

Morpheus

c)

Artemis

d)

Athena

8.

What is the name of Perseus's mother?

a)

Danae

b)

Andromeda

c)

Acrisius

d)

Cassiopeia

9.

What was the name of Persephone's mother, the goddess of the grain?

a)

Vesta / Hestia

b)

Ceres / Demeter

c)

Venus / Aphrodite

d)

Juno / Hera

10.

What god is known for turning sailors into dolphins and being the god of wine?

a)

Bacchus / Dionysus

b)

Apollo

c)

Pluto / Hades

d)

Mercury / Hermes

11.

What do the Gray sisters share among themselves?

a)

An cave

b)

Snakes

c)

An eye

d)

A crystal ball

12.

Who is the god of the underworld?

a)

Mars / Ares

b)

Pluto / Hades

c)

Jupiter / Zeus

d)

Vulcan / Hephaestus

13.

What is Vulcan / Hephaestus the god of?

a)

war

b)

fire

c)

wisdom

d)

love

14.

What is the name of Zeus's wife and goddess of marriage?

a)

Juno / Hera

b)

Venus / Aphrodite

c)

Proserpina / Persephone

d)

Vesta / Hestia

15.

What did Hermes loan Perseus in his battle with Medusa?

a)

his invisibility cap

b)

his winged sandals

c)

his magic bag

d)

his sword

16.

Who is known as the goddess of the hearth and home?

a)

Hestia / Vesta

b)

Athena / Minerva

c)

Hera / Juno

d)

Aphrodite / Venus

17.

Which goddess is the origin of our modern word iridescent?

a)

Jocasta

b)

Medusa

c)

Iris

d)

Artemis

18.

What is the relationship between Oedipus and King Laius?

a)

son / father

b)

son / adoptive father

c)

servant / king

d)

mortal / god

19.

What power did Medusa and her two sisters have that all feared?

a)

writhing snakes as hair

b)

poisonous scaly skin

c)

ability to turn one to stone

d)

a winged creature inside them

20.

Which god's story gives us the modern word morphine?

a)

Morpheus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Dionysus

d)

Eros

21.

If one is described as vain and obsessed with one's own looks, which mortal would they be compared to?

a)

Perseus

b)

Acrisius

c)

Hermes

d)

Narcissus

22.

Which human was able to solve the riddle of the Sphinx?

a)

Danae

b)

Oedipus

c)

Titan

d)

Morpheus

23.

Which goddess became the unwilling queen of the underworld?

a)

Proserpina / Persephone

b)

Venus / Aphrodite

c)

Juno / Hera

d)

Ceres / Demeter

24.

Who was the son of Zeus and Danae?

a)

Perseus

b)

Narcissus

c)

Dionysus

d)

Ares

25.

Who is the god of the seas?

a)

Pluto / Hades

b)

Mercury / Hermes

c)

Neptune / Poseidon

d)

Mars / Ares

26.

What was the name of the children of Mother Earth and Father Sky?

a)

Gray sisters

b)

Titans

c)

Olympians

d)

Mortals

27.

What was the name of the queen of Thebes who turned out to be the mother of the king, her son?

a)

Hera

b)

Eros

c)

Iris

d)

Jocasta

28.

What was the name of the god who became chief god after defeating his father Cronus?

a)

Acrisius

b)

Hades

c)

Zeus

d)

Ares