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WorksheetsEdith Hamilton Mythology Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
His Roman name is Neptune
Zeus
Poseidon
Hades
Apollo
goddess of war
Athena
Aphrodite
Artemis
Hera
Twin of Artemis
Apollo
Ares
Dionysus
Hephaestus
His Roman name is Bacchus
Zeus
Artemis
Dionysus
Hapeaestus
Roman name is Mercury, and he is the messenger of the gods.
Hades
Hermes
Hephaestus
Dionysus
His symbol is fire and a hammer and his Roman name is Vulcan
Hades
Hephaestus
Hermes
Dionysus
What does Rhea give Cronus to eat instead of his son, Zeus?
a bull
his twin brother
a rock
a lightning bolt
How does Prometheus anger the gods?
Giving fire to humankind and tricking Zeus
Creating smartboards for teachers
Demanding that men worship him as a god
Rejecting Aphrodite’s love
How does Psyche betray Cupid?
Cheating on him with another god
Stealing his magic bow and arrows
Telling her sisters who he is
Seeing what he looked like
What famous couple does the story of Pyramus and Thisbe most closely resemble?
Anthony and Cleopatra
Pygmalion and Galatea
Romeo and Juliet
Napoleon and Josephine
Without whose help would Jason not have gotten the Golden Fleece?
Hercules
Perseus
Medea
Teiresias
What does Bellerophon foolishly try to do?
Fly up to Olympus
Duel with Apollo
Usurp his father’s throne
Drive the Sun's chariot
What is the name of Daedalus’s son?
Theseus
Minos
Perseus
Icarus
Which of the following were all great Greek heroes in the Trojan War?
Achilles, Odysseus, and Aeneas
Hector, Priam, and Cadmus
Theseus, Hercules, and Perseus
Menelaus, Agamemnon, and Ajax
The myths served many functions for the Greeks. Which of the following purposes did they not serve?
Literature, functioning as entertainment and pure fantasy
Science, explaining the mechanics of the physical world
Prophecy, showing how the world will end
Religion, explaining the role of gods and morality in everyday life
