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WorksheetsMyth I: Gods and Goddesses
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Theseus and Pirithous went to the Underworld to steal the wife of Pluto, whom Pluto had stolen from Ceres. Who was this wife of Pluto?
a)
Helen
b)
Proserpina
c)
Dido
d)
Arachne
2.
Who attempted to drive his father’s sun chariot across the sky but was unable to control the horses?
a)
Hercules
b)
Midas
c)
Orpheus
d)
Phaethon
3.
Which god worked at a forge under Mt. Etna and had an unfaithful wife?
a)
Pluto
b)
Neptune
c)
Jupiter
d)
Vulcan
4.
Which god has a son named Triton and carries a trident?
a)
Pluto
b)
Neptune
c)
Jupiter
d)
Vulcan
5.
Which god kidnapped Proserpina, who would have to stay six months of the year in his kingdom?
a)
Pluto
b)
Neptune
c)
Jupiter
d)
Vulcan
6.
Io is related to Jupiter in the same way that Daphne is related to _______.
a)
Jupiter
b)
Neptune
c)
Apollo
d)
Pluto
7.
Quis sum? Ego dē Olympō ad terram dēscendō. Sum nūntius deōrum. Ālās in pedibus meīs habeō.
a)
Neptunus
b)
Mercurius
c)
Ianus
d)
Mars
8.
Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megaera (who are also called the Erinyes or the Dirae) are the
a)
wives of Hercules
b)
Furies
c)
Fates
d)
Harpies
9.
Quis est pater Minervae?
a)
Iuppiter
b)
Neptunus
c)
Saturnus
d)
Pluto
10.
Quis est rex inferorum?
a)
Iuppiter
b)
Neptunus
c)
Saturnus
d)
Pluto
11.
Quis est rex marium?
a)
Iuppiter
b)
Neptunus
c)
Saturnus
d)
Pluto
12.
Quis est pater Iovis?
a)
Iuppiter
b)
Neptunus
c)
Saturnus
d)
Pluto
13.
What Roman god of music was often seen with a lyre?
a)
Mars
b)
Mercury
c)
Apollo
d)
Vulcan
14.
What Roman god of war was often seen with a spear?
a)
Mars
b)
Mercury
c)
Apollo
d)
Vulcan
15.
What Roman god of metalworking was often seen with a hammer?
a)
Mars
b)
Mercury
c)
Apollo
d)
Vulcan
16.
What Roman god of trickery and travel was often seen with a caduceus?
a)
Mars
b)
Mercury
c)
Apollo
d)
Vulcan
17.
The monster Typhon was imprisoned under what volcano in Sicily?
a)
Etna
b)
Olympus
c)
Ida
d)
Vesuvius
18.
For the ancient Romans, Pluto’s kidnapping of Proserpina to the Underworld was used to explain
a)
the seasons
b)
volcanic eruptions
c)
earthquakes
d)
the rainbow
19.
What goddess, mother of Cupid, had doves, sparrows, and the myrtle tree as her symbols?
a)
Ceres
b)
Venus
c)
Juno
d)
Minerva
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