WorksheetsNLE Myth II: Heroes
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
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.
What island, the mythological home to the Minotaur and the labyrinth, forms the southern boundary of the Aegean Sea?
a)
Sicily
b)
Sardinia
c)
Crete
d)
Britain
3.
With what Greek hero do we associate Medusa, Atlas, and Andromeda?
a)
Odysseus
b)
Jason
c)
Perseus
d)
Achilles
4.
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
5.
Who is credited with inventing the lyre?
a)
Hercules
b)
Midas
c)
Orpheus
d)
Phaethon
6.
Telemachus is related to Odysseus in the same way as _____ is related to Daedalus
a)
Perseus
b)
Theseus
c)
Icarus
d)
Jason
7.
Andromeda is related to Perseus in the same way that Ariadne is related to _______
a)
Perseus
b)
Theseus
c)
Icarus
d)
Jason
8.
Where did the mythological hero Theseus journey to seek the Minotaur?
a)
Sicily
b)
Troy
c)
Egypt
d)
Crete
9.
What self-absorbed mortal was transformed into a beautiful flower at the water’s edge?
a)
Iris
b)
Narcissus
c)
Pyramus
d)
Echo
10.
Chiron, tutor of both Jason and Achilles, one of the _____, was wise, gentle, and skilled in the arts of medicine and music.
a)
Cyclopes
b)
Furies
c)
Centaurs
d)
Harpies
11.
Polyphemus, the shepherd who loved Galatea and encountered both Odysseus and Aeneas on his island home, was one of the
a)
Cyclopes
b)
Furies
c)
Centaurs
d)
Harpies
12.
Wishing to ransom the body of his son Hector, Priam went to the tent of
a)
Achilles
b)
Agamemnon
c)
Odysseus
d)
Pyrrhus
13.
What prophet, living near the Bay of Naples, said, “Trojan, Anchises' son, the descent to Avernus is easy”?
a)
Delphic oracle
b)
Tiresias
c)
Cassandra
d)
Cumaean Sibyl
14.
What prophet and princess of Troy was kidnapped and taken back to Greece by Agamemnon after the Trojan War?
a)
Delphic oracle
b)
Tiresias
c)
Cassandra
d)
Cumaean Sibyl
15.
What blind seer was turned into a woman for several years and back to a man again, according to some Greek myths?
a)
Delphic oracle
b)
Tiresias
c)
Cassandra
d)
Cumaean Sibyl
16.
What sorceress aided Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece, eventually married him, and then killed their children in revenge after he rejected her for a younger princess?
a)
Eurydice
b)
Ariadne
c)
Circe
d)
Medea
17.
Who helped Theseus find his way through the Labyrinth to the Minotaur, but whom Theseus later abandoned on the island of Naxos?
a)
Eurydice
b)
Ariadne
c)
Circe
d)
Medea
18.
Who was killed by a snake on the day of her wedding to Orpheus?
a)
Eurydice
b)
Ariadne
c)
Circe
d)
Medea
19.
Who were the parents of Achilles to whose wedding Eris, the goddess of Discord, was not invited?
a)
Menelaus and Helen
b)
Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
c)
Peleus and Thetis
d)
Odysseus and Penelope
20.
In classical mythology, which hero and monster do NOT encounter each other?
a)
Hercules and Cerberus
b)
Theseus and the Chimaera
c)
Perseus and Medusa
d)
Odysseus and Polyphemus
21.
Who is the hero associated with the Golden Fleece and Medea?
a)
Hercules
b)
Daedalus
c)
Jason
d)
Bellerophon
22.
Who is the hero associated with the Nemean Lion and the Augean Stables?
a)
Hercules
b)
Daedalus
c)
Jason
d)
Bellerophon
23.
Who is the figure associated with the Labyrinth, King Minos, and Icarus?
a)
Hercules
b)
Daedalus
c)
Jason
d)
Bellerophon
24.
Who is the hero associated with Pegasus, the winged horse?
a)
Hercules
b)
Daedalus
c)
Jason
d)
Bellerophon
25.
What Greek warrior sulked in his tent for days after Agamemnon took his slave girl?
a)
Patroclus
b)
Menelaus
c)
Achilles
d)
Hector
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