WorksheetsGreek Mythology
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
On what island was Icarus exiled?
a)
Crete
b)
Sicily
c)
Minos
d)
Thebes
2.
Wife of Zeus; goddess of marriage
a)
Athena
b)
Hera
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Persephone
3.
God of travelers, thieves, messages, a many other things; has winged shoes
a)
Zeus
b)
Hermes
c)
Apollo
d)
Hades
4.
God of Prophecy, Music, and Healing; plays the lyre
a)
Poseidon
b)
Zeus
c)
Hermes
d)
Apollo
5.
goddess of the hunt; twin of Apollo
a)
Artemis
b)
Aphrodite
c)
Hera
d)
Athena
6.
God of War; not very popular
a)
Poseidon
b)
Artemis
c)
Hercules
d)
Ares
7.
Goddess of the harvest; sister of Zeus and mother of Persephone.
a)
Hera
b)
Demeter
c)
Athena
d)
Aphrodite
8.
Sprouted fully armed from Zeus's head; goddess of wisdom, battle strategy
a)
Hera
b)
Persephone
c)
Athena
d)
Aphrodite
9.
God of the sky; chief god; weapon is a lightning bolt
a)
Zeus
b)
Athena
c)
Hades
d)
Poisidon
10.
Who is the goddess of love and beauty?
a)
Hades
b)
Hera
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Athena
11.
Who is the god of the sun and light,God of music and healing ?
a)
Apollo
b)
Zeus
c)
Hades
d)
Ares
12.
Who is the god of fire ;blacksmith to the gods ?
a)
Hephaestes
b)
Troy
c)
Zeus
d)
Achilles
13.
Who kidnapped Persephone?
a)
Poseidon
b)
Zeus
c)
Hephaestus
d)
Hades
14.
Who is in charge of holding up the sky?
a)
Atlas
b)
Medusa
c)
Perseus
d)
Zeus
15.
The race of gods who were defeated by Zeus and the Olympians
a)
Olympus
b)
Titans
c)
Styx
d)
Medusa
16.
The home of the Greek gods
a)
Titans
b)
Styx
c)
Perseus
d)
Mt. Olympus
17.
Greeks believed that one must cross what bridge to make it to the afterlife
a)
Styx
b)
Atlas
c)
Olympus
d)
Perseus
18.
The Gorgon with snakes for hair and a look that could turn a person to stone
a)
Perseus
b)
Atlas
c)
Medusa
d)
Titans
19.
The mortal hero who killed the Gorgon with snakes for hair
a)
Perseus
b)
Atlas
c)
Medusa
d)
Titans
20.
what is a Minotaur
a)
goat and human
b)
bull and human
c)
man and dragon
d)
horse and human
21.
MYTH: KRONOS & ZEUS
When Kronos had a child, what did he do with the baby?
When Kronos had a child, what did he do with the baby?
a)
He swallowed the baby
b)
punted them like a football
c)
stabbed the baby
d)
Sent the baby to Tartarus
22.
MYTH: PANDORA
What does pandora's name mean?
What does pandora's name mean?
a)
"inquisitive and deceitfulness"
b)
"full of Beauty"
c)
"All Gifts"
d)
"The Gift"
23.
MYTH: PSYCHE & EROS
What happens when Eros sees Psyche?
What happens when Eros sees Psyche?
a)
He stabs her
b)
He shoots her with the arrow
c)
He walks away and realizes how evil his mothers instructions were
d)
He shoots himself with an arrow
24.
MYTH: DEMETER & PERSEPHONE
What is Persephone doing when she was abducted?
What is Persephone doing when she was abducted?
a)
Picking fruit
b)
Playing with Demeter
c)
Wandering around trying to find Demeter
d)
Picking flowers
25.
MYTH: DEMETER & PERSEPHONE
What is the rule with food in the underworld?
What is the rule with food in the underworld?
a)
You are what you eat
b)
If you eat, you stay
c)
If you eat, you must finish your plate
d)
You're not allowed to eat
26.
MYTH: PANDORA
Why Was pandora created?
Why Was pandora created?
a)
To punish humans
b)
To further and help grow man kind
c)
A present to humans
d)
She was a mistake and they puther there, out of sight, out of mind
27.
MYTH: PANDORA
What did Zeus fill the jar with?
What did Zeus fill the jar with?
a)
Depression
b)
Candy
c)
Mean, and hateful emotions
d)
Evil, sorrow, and sickness
28.
MYTH: KRONOS & ZEUS
Why did Kronos swallow his children?
Why did Kronos swallow his children?
a)
He thought they were ugly
b)
He thought they were not worthy of being the children of a god
c)
To punish his wife
d)
He thought they would over throw him
29.
MYTH: PROMETHEUS
What was one thing Prometheus gave to the humans?
What was one thing Prometheus gave to the humans?
a)
Food
b)
water
c)
Tools
d)
Fire
30.
Which hero was assigned the task of finding the golden fleece?
a)
Perseus
b)
Theseus
c)
Jason
d)
Heracles
31.
What famous centaur raised Jason?
a)
Chiron
b)
Nestor
c)
Pan
d)
Ixion
32.
The name of Jason's ship was the:
a)
Argo
b)
Chiron
c)
Nestor
d)
Nautilus
33.
Who was the fastest runner in Greece and a great huntress who helped kill the Calydonian boar?
a)
Atalanta
b)
Medea
c)
Circe
d)
Ariadne
34.
What dangerous sorceress amused herself by changing men into animals?
a)
Circe
b)
Siren
c)
Medea
d)
Hecate
35.
What lovely young sorceress, daughter of King Aeetes, helped Jason on his quest?
a)
Atalanta
b)
Medea
c)
Circe
d)
Ariadne
36.
Why was Medea punished by the gods?
a)
she killed her father
b)
she killed her brother
c)
she killed her son
d)
she killed her mother
37.
When the gods punished Medea a second time, what did they do to her?
a)
killed her family
b)
changed her into a bird
c)
turned her into an evil witch
d)
killed Jason
38.
Which Argonaut organized the great Calydonian boar hunt?
a)
Meleager
b)
Jason
c)
Heracles
d)
Pelias
39.
Identify the correct description for this monster: Scylla
a)
woman from the waist up, six man eating dogs below the waist
b)
a forever hungry whirlpool that sucks ship down
c)
half bird, half woman- lured sailors to death with their beautiful singing
d)
fat birds with the heads of women
40.
Identify the correct description for this monster: Charybdis
a)
woman from the waist up, six man eating dogs below the waist
b)
a forever hungry whirlpool that sucks ship down
c)
half bird, half woman- lured sailors to death with their beautiful singing
d)
fat birds with the heads of women
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