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Hera

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

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Class
Date
1.

Hera was a _______ wife.

a)

jealous

b)

wonderful

c)

loving

d)

angry

2.

What did Zeus fear?

a)

Hera's fits of temper

b)

The Titans

c)

Mother Earth

d)

Humans

3.

What did Zeus become to trick Hera?

a)

little cuckoo

b)

little hummingbird

c)

magnificent eagle

d)

peacock

4.

What did Mother Earth give Hera for her wedding?

a)

little apple tree

b)

little pear tree

c)

little cherry tree

d)

little lilac bush

5.

What did the tree produce?

a)

golden apples of immortality

b)

golden apples of happiness

c)

golden apples of marriage

d)

golden apples of joyfulness

6.

Where did Hera plant the tree?

a)

garden of the Hesperides

b)

garden of the jolly green giant

c)

garden of the Argonauts

7.

Who guarded the golden apples of immortality?

a)

hundred headed dragon

b)

hundred headed monster

c)

hundred headed dog

d)

hundred headed skunk

8.

Who watered and cared for the tree?

a)

Nymphs of the Hesperides

b)

Nymphs of the Jolly Green Giant

9.

Why did Zeus want more wives and children?

a)

all the better for Greece

b)

all the better for Olympus

c)

all the better for Athens

d)

all the better for Sparta

10.

What would Zeus's children inherit from him?

a)

some of his greatness

b)

some of his strength

c)

some of his intelligence

11.

What did Hera do to Zeus's other wives and children?

a)

tormented them

b)

accepted them

c)

chased them

d)

scared them

12.

What happened to Zeus's wife Io?

a)

changed into a snow white cow

b)

changed into a snow white bull

c)

changed into a snow white swan

d)

changed into a snow white dove

13.

What did Hera ask for from Zeus when she saw the cow?

a)

the cow

b)

steak

c)

gold and jewelry

d)

for Zeus to send Io away

14.

Who did Hera have watch Io?

a)

Argus

b)

Hermes

c)

Inachos

15.

What did Argus have all over his body?

a)

hundred bright eyes

b)

hundred tattoos

c)

hundred pimples

d)

hundred mosquito bites

16.

Which creature did Argus defeat singlehandedly with his strength?

a)

Echidna

b)

Typhon

c)

Hurricane

d)

Cerberus

17.

What made Argus a great watchman?

a)

never closed more than half his eyes to sleep

b)

never closed any of his eyes to sleep

c)

never closed more than a 1/4 of his eyes to sleep

18.

Why didn't Zeus help Io?

a)

afraid of Hera

b)

afraid of Inachos

19.

Who did Zeus recruit to help Io?

a)

Hermes

b)

Hades

c)

Hephaestus

20.

What did Hermes disguise himself as to help Io?

a)

shepherd

b)

cowherd

c)

farmer

21.

Why was Argus glad when the shepherd arrived?

a)

he was bored watching a little cow

b)

he was lonely stuck in the garden

c)

he wanted to complain about Hera

22.

What did Hermes's long story do to Argus?

a)

made all of his eyes close in sleep

b)

made some of his eyes close in sleep

23.

What did Hermes do with his magic wand?

a)

closed Argus's eyes in eternal sleep

b)

sent Argus to Hades

24.

How did Argus die?

a)

bored to death

b)

fell out of the garden

25.

Where did Io go after Hermes untied her?

a)

home to her father, Inachos

b)

to see Zeus on Olympus

26.

Since Io could not talk, how did she id herself to dad?

a)

Wrote her name with her hoof

b)

Said Moo moo here and moo moo there

c)

hopped on her daddy's lap

27.

What did Inachos do when he discovered his daughter?

a)

rushed off in revenge

b)

cried over her new form

c)

told everyone about Zeus's treachery

28.

After Hera discovered Io was gone and Argus dead, she

a)

sent a gadfly to sting and chase Io

b)

sent a mosquito to attack Greece

29.

What did Hera do to make sure Argus was never forgotten?

a)

put his 100 eyes on a peacock

b)

put his 100 eyes on a potato

c)

put his 100 eyes on a starfish

30.

What is the vainest of all animals because of Hera?

a)

peacock

b)

eagle

c)

cows

31.

Where did Io run when the gadfly chased her?

a)

Egypt

b)

France

c)

Macedonia

d)

Greece

32.

What did Egyptians do when they saw Io?

a)

fell to their knees to worship her

b)

ran in fear of a snow white cow

33.

What did Zeus have to promise to make Io human again?

a)

never to look at her again

b)

never to think about her again

c)

never to sing about her again

34.

What happened to Io's descendants?

a)

ruled Egypt forever

b)

returned to Greece as great kings and beautiful queens