WorksheetsGreek Myths Test 2-Nicholson
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
When Apollo was full grown, Zeus sent him in search of ______________________.
Mother Earth
the oracle of Delphi
Python
The ill-tempered _______________ angrily guarded the Delphi.
Leto
Python
Poseidon
As a newborn, Artemis asked Zeus to never make her _________________.
marry
bear children
a goddess
Acteon's own hounds killed him because ____________________.
they hated him and wished to end their suffering.
they had not eaten for days.
they did not recognize him.
Niobe's children were killed because she had ____________________.
promised to sacrifice them to the gods
unknowingly angered the god, Zeus
disrespected Leto
Otus and Ephialtes were almost ________________ feet tall.
fifty
eighty
sixty
Apollo and Artemis overcame the giant brothers by ____________________.
letting them rule over Olympus
tricking them into killing each other
trapping and killing them
Artemis and Orion were both great _________________.
Olympian gods
hunters
rulers
________________________ tricked Orion into getting drunk and poked out both of his eyes.
King Chios
King Zeus
King of Thebes
The ___________________ restored Orion's sight after his eyes had been poked out.
moom
sun
stars
_______________________, the merriest of the Olympians, was also the god of shepherds, merchants, thieves, and all others who lived by their wits.
Hermes
Apollo
Cyllene
Hermes invented __________________ from the entrails of the two sacrificed cows.
a coat
a horn
a lyre
Zeus gave Hermes a golden hat, a pair of winged sandals, and a _______________________.
magic wand
flying horse
cape
The god who was also called the Rich One and the Hospitable One was _______________.
Hades
Charon
Demeter
The dead souls who were on their way to Hades had to first cross the river ________________.
Lethe
Styx
Inachos
_________________ was the ferryman who crossed paying dead souls to Hades.
Charon
Hades
Cerberus
____________________ was the three-headed watchdog of the underworld.
Echidna
Cerberus
Cletus
Persephone became Hades's queen because ______________________.
she loved him and married him
she was ordered to by Zeus
she had been kidnapped by Hades
______________________ was the judge of the dead.
Hades
Rhadamanthus
Zeus
Great _________________ were sentence to suffer forever under the whips of the avenging Erinyes.
enemies
heroes
sinners
Persephone returned to Hades because she _______________________.
had tasted the food of the dead
had missed Hades
had been ordered back by her mother
When Persephone was on earth with her mother, Demeter, it was __________________.
summer
spring
winter
During the time of year that Persephone was forced to return to Hades, it was ___________________.
winter
fall
spring
Great ___________________ were led to the Elysian fields, where they lived happily forever in never-failing light.
angels
heroes
sinners
_________________ was the god of wine and the youngest of all Olympians.
Dionysus
Orion
Erinyes
Semele ________________ when she saw Zeus as the mighty thunder-god.
became a goddess
caught fire
turned to stone
Dionysus's father was the Olympian god, ______________.
Ares
Poseidon
Zeus
Dionysus transformed the pirates who had captured him into _____________________.
horses
birds
dolphins
Dionysus took __________________ place on Olympus.
Hestia's
Apollo's
Demeter's
Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.
Apollo grew slowly because he had tasted the food of the dead as a child.
true
false
Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.
The oracle of Delphi was guarded by Zeus himself.
true
false
Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.
The oracle warned Python that Leto's son would one day destroy him.
true
false
Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.
Zeus had promised to find a worthy and gentle husband for Artemis.
true
false
Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.
Although Apollo and Artemis were twins, they were as different as night and day.
true
false
Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.
Mother Earth had hoped that her strong by vain sons, Otus and Ephialtes, would overthrow Zeus.
true
false
Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.
Incrediby, Hermes was still a newborn baby when he stole Apollo's fifty cows.
true
false
Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.
Hermes was found guilty of killing Argus because all of the other gods threw their pebbles at Hera's feet.
true
false
Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.
Hades captured Persephone by disguising himself as a pig in the meadow where she gathered flowers.
true
false
Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.
The dead souls of the underworld who drank from the spring of Lethe forgot who they were and what they had done on Earth.
true
false
Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.
Zeus did not want to grant Semele her wish because he knew it would cause him to lose his powers as an immortal god.
true
false
