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WorksheetsMyth I: Gods and Goddesses 2
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What patron goddess of the harvest is often shown with a sheaf of wheat?
a)
Ceres
b)
Venus
c)
Juno
d)
Minerva
2.
What goddess, often represented by an owl, was born fully armored from the head of her father Jupiter?
a)
Ceres
b)
Venus
c)
Juno
d)
Minerva
3.
What goddess is often represented by a peacock, which is said to have been decorated with the 100 eyes of Argus?
a)
Ceres
b)
Venus
c)
Juno
d)
Minerva
4.
Saturn, a Titan who fathered Jupiter and his siblings, became the Italian god of
a)
love and friendship
b)
harvest and agriculture
c)
volcanoes and metalworking
d)
the military and its ceremonies
5.
Vulcan, the husband of Venus, is the god of
a)
love and friendship
b)
harvest and agriculture
c)
volcanoes and metalworking
d)
the military and its ceremonies
6.
Mars, the lover of Venus, is the god of
a)
love and friendship
b)
harvest and agriculture
c)
volcanoes and metalworking
d)
the military and its ceremonies
7.
Venus, the mother of Cupid and Aeneas (and therefore supposedly an ancestor of Julius Caesar), is the goddess of
a)
love and friendship
b)
harvest and agriculture
c)
volcanoes and metalworking
d)
the military and its ceremonies
8.
History, astronomy, dance, and comedy were all presided over by what group of mythological figures?
a)
Muses
b)
Fates
c)
Gorgons
d)
Graces
9.
Medusa and her sisters were known together as the what?
a)
Muses
b)
Fates
c)
Gorgons
d)
Graces
10.
Botticelli's famous painting "La Primavera" depicts what three beautiful figures dancing in a circle?
a)
Muses
b)
Fates
c)
Gorgons
d)
Graces
11.
Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis were the names of what mythological group?
a)
Muses
b)
Fates
c)
Gorgons
d)
Graces
12.
What Roman goddess was the twin of Apollo?
a)
Diana
b)
Vesta
c)
Juno
d)
Minerva
13.
Quis sum? Sum dea Rōmāna. Sum dea focī domūsque. Sorōrēs meae sunt Iūno et Cerēs. Virginēs templum meum
a)
Diana
b)
Vesta
c)
Minerva
d)
Pandora
14.
Name the mountain on which Apollo’s oracle at Delphi is located.
a)
Vesuvius
b)
Aetna
c)
Olympus
d)
Parnassus
15.
Who was turned into a laurel tree as she ran to escape from Apollo?
a)
Echo
b)
Daphne
c)
Atalanta
d)
Psyche
16.
In classical mythology, with what god are satyrs generally associated?
a)
Dionysus
b)
Poseidon
c)
Apollo
d)
Zeus
17.
In classical mythology, with what god are Muses generally associated?
a)
Dionysus
b)
Poseidon
c)
Apollo
d)
Zeus
18.
Clio, Terpsichore, and Calliope are the names of
a)
Nymphs
b)
Muses
c)
Fates
d)
Furies
19.
Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis were the names of what mythological group?
a)
Nymphs
b)
Muses
c)
Fates
d)
Furies
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