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Hades

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were Hades parents?

a)

Cronus and Maia

b)

Cronus and Rhea

c)

Aphrodite and Zeus

d)

Athena and Poseidon

2.

Were did Hades rule?

a)

The ocean

b)

The sky

c)

The underworld

d)

The land

3.

Hades is the devil

True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What were the major rivers of the underworld?

a)

Styx, Acheron, Cocytus, Phelgehton, and Lethe.

b)

Styx, Acheron, Cocytus, Phelgehton, Athens.

c)

Styx, Acheron, Cocytus, Troy, and Lethe.

d)

Sparta, Acheron, Cocytus, Phelgehton, and Lethe.

5.

Could you find the underworld

(without being dead)?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

If found could you walk straight into the underworld?

a)

Depends

b)

Yes definitely

c)

No, absolutely not

d)

If you can get past Cerberus

7.

Who guards the gates to the underworld?

a)

Cerberus

b)

Chimera

c)

Mummy

d)

Sphinx

8.

Was Hades hot tempered?

a)

Yes, definitely

b)

No, absolutely not

c)

Not compared to his brothers

d)

Maybe

9.

Which river did the dead cross to get to Hades?

a)

Styx

b)

Lethe

c)

Acheron

d)

Cocytus

10.

Who would judge the dead in the underworld?

a)

Minos

b)

Gorgons

c)

Hades

d)

Erinyes

11.

Who would torture the guilty in the underworld?

a)

Hades

b)

Minos

c)

Erinyes

d)

Cerberus

12.

Who supervised the trial and punishment of the wicked after death?

a)

Sphinx

b)

Cerberus

c)

Gorgons

d)

Hades

13.

What did the Greeks think of Hades

a)

A grim robber who stole there nearest and dearest

b)

A person with a job to be done

c)

A feared monster

d)

An ugly beast

14.

Hades occasionally restored the lives of the dead?

True of False

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What were Hades weapons?

a)

Two pronged fork (like Poseidon)

b)

A helmet that makes its wearer invisible

c)

A wand

d)

A staff

16.

Who was Hades wife?

a)

Demeter

b)

Persephone

c)

Hera

d)

Aphrodite

17.

How long was Persephone allowed to stay with Hades.

a)

1 third of the year

b)

2 thirds of the year

c)

6 months

d)

All day, everyday.

18.

Who ferried/rode souls of the dead across the Styx to Hades?

a)

Charon

b)

Cerberus

c)

Adonis

d)

Isadore

19.

What would happen without Hades?

a)

Everything would be fine

b)

Death would swing out of control

c)

Zeus would do it himself

d)

No more death

20.

Who was Pirthous?

a)

A man who tried to steal Persephone

b)

An old friend of Hades

c)

An Olympian god

d)

A war hero

21.

What happened to Pirthous after he tried to steal Persephone?

a)

He was trapped in the underworld forever held by snakes

b)

He was eaten by the 3 headed dog Cerberus

c)

He was forsaken in the Lethe to drown

d)

He was burnt by the fires of Hades himself