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Greek Myths Test 2-Nicholson

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When Apollo was full grown, Zeus sent him in search of ______________________.

a)

Mother Earth

b)

the oracle of Delphi

c)

Python

2.

The ill-tempered _______________ angrily guarded the Delphi.

a)

Leto

b)

Python

c)

Poseidon

3.

As a newborn, Artemis asked Zeus to never make her _________________.

a)

marry

b)

bear children

c)

a goddess

4.

Acteon's own hounds killed him because ____________________.

a)

they hated him and wished to end their suffering.

b)

they had not eaten for days.

c)

they did not recognize him.

5.

Niobe's children were killed because she had ____________________.

a)

promised to sacrifice them to the gods

b)

unknowingly angered the god, Zeus

c)

disrespected Leto

6.

Otus and Ephialtes were almost ________________ feet tall.

a)

fifty

b)

eighty

c)

sixty

7.

Apollo and Artemis overcame the giant brothers by ____________________.

a)

letting them rule over Olympus

b)

tricking them into killing each other

c)

trapping and killing them

8.

Artemis and Orion were both great _________________.

a)

Olympian gods

b)

hunters

c)

rulers

9.

________________________ tricked Orion into getting drunk and poked out both of his eyes.

a)

King Chios

b)

King Zeus

c)

King of Thebes

10.

The ___________________ restored Orion's sight after his eyes had been poked out.

a)

moom

b)

sun

c)

stars

11.

_______________________, the merriest of the Olympians, was also the god of shepherds, merchants, thieves, and all others who lived by their wits.

a)

Hermes

b)

Apollo

c)

Cyllene

12.

Hermes invented __________________ from the entrails of the two sacrificed cows.

a)

a coat

b)

a horn

c)

a lyre

13.

Zeus gave Hermes a golden hat, a pair of winged sandals, and a _______________________.

a)

magic wand

b)

flying horse

c)

cape

14.

The god who was also called the Rich One and the Hospitable One was _______________.

a)

Hades

b)

Charon

c)

Demeter

15.

The dead souls who were on their way to Hades had to first cross the river ________________.

a)

Lethe

b)

Styx

c)

Inachos

16.

_________________ was the ferryman who crossed paying dead souls to Hades.

a)

Charon

b)

Hades

c)

Cerberus

17.

____________________ was the three-headed watchdog of the underworld.

a)

Echidna

b)

Cerberus

c)

Cletus

18.

Persephone became Hades's queen because ______________________.

a)

she loved him and married him

b)

she was ordered to by Zeus

c)

she had been kidnapped by Hades

19.

______________________ was the judge of the dead.

a)

Hades

b)

Rhadamanthus

c)

Zeus

20.

Great _________________ were sentence to suffer forever under the whips of the avenging Erinyes.

a)

enemies

b)

heroes

c)

sinners

21.

Persephone returned to Hades because she _______________________.

a)

had tasted the food of the dead

b)

had missed Hades

c)

had been ordered back by her mother

22.

When Persephone was on earth with her mother, Demeter, it was __________________.

a)

summer

b)

spring

c)

winter

23.

During the time of year that Persephone was forced to return to Hades, it was ___________________.

a)

winter

b)

fall

c)

spring

24.

Great ___________________ were led to the Elysian fields, where they lived happily forever in never-failing light.

a)

angels

b)

heroes

c)

sinners

25.

_________________ was the god of wine and the youngest of all Olympians.

a)

Dionysus

b)

Orion

c)

Erinyes

26.

Semele ________________ when she saw Zeus as the mighty thunder-god.

a)

became a goddess

b)

caught fire

c)

turned to stone

27.

Dionysus's father was the Olympian god, ______________.

a)

Ares

b)

Poseidon

c)

Zeus

28.

Dionysus transformed the pirates who had captured him into _____________________.

a)

horses

b)

birds

c)

dolphins

29.

Dionysus took __________________ place on Olympus.

a)

Hestia's

b)

Apollo's

c)

Demeter's

30.

Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.

Apollo grew slowly because he had tasted the food of the dead as a child.

a)

true

b)

false

31.

Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.

The oracle of Delphi was guarded by Zeus himself.

a)

true

b)

false

32.

Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.

The oracle warned Python that Leto's son would one day destroy him.

a)

true

b)

false

33.

Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.

Zeus had promised to find a worthy and gentle husband for Artemis.

a)

true

b)

false

34.

Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.

Although Apollo and Artemis were twins, they were as different as night and day.

a)

true

b)

false

35.

Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.

Mother Earth had hoped that her strong by vain sons, Otus and Ephialtes, would overthrow Zeus.

a)

true

b)

false

36.

Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.

Incrediby, Hermes was still a newborn baby when he stole Apollo's fifty cows.

a)

true

b)

false

37.

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.

a)

true

b)

false

38.

Choose TRUE or FALSE for the following statement.

Hades captured Persephone by disguising himself as a pig in the meadow where she gathered flowers.

a)

true

b)

false

39.

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.

a)

true

b)

false

40.

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.

a)

true

b)

false