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Edith Hamilton Mythology Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

His Roman name is Neptune

a)

Zeus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Hades

d)

Apollo

2.

goddess of war

a)

Athena

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Artemis

d)

Hera

3.

Twin of Artemis

a)

Apollo

b)

Ares

c)

Dionysus

d)

Hephaestus

4.

His Roman name is Bacchus

a)

Zeus

b)

Artemis

c)

Dionysus

d)

Hapeaestus

5.

Roman name is Mercury, and he is the messenger of the gods.

a)

Hades

b)

Hermes

c)

Hephaestus

d)

Dionysus

6.

His symbol is fire and a hammer and his Roman name is Vulcan

a)

Hades

b)

Hephaestus

c)

Hermes

d)

Dionysus

7.

What does Rhea give Cronus to eat instead of his son, Zeus?

a)

a bull

b)

his twin brother

c)

a rock

d)

a lightning bolt

8.

How does Prometheus anger the gods?

a)

Giving fire to humankind and tricking Zeus

b)

Creating smartboards for teachers

c)

Demanding that men worship him as a god

d)

Rejecting Aphrodite’s love

9.

How does Psyche betray Cupid?

a)

Cheating on him with another god

b)

Stealing his magic bow and arrows

c)

Telling her sisters who he is

d)

Seeing what he looked like

10.

What famous couple does the story of Pyramus and Thisbe most closely resemble?

a)

Anthony and Cleopatra

b)

Pygmalion and Galatea

c)

Romeo and Juliet

d)

Napoleon and Josephine

11.

Without whose help would Jason not have gotten the Golden Fleece?

a)

Hercules

b)

Perseus

c)

Medea

d)

Teiresias

12.

What does Bellerophon foolishly try to do?

a)

Fly up to Olympus

b)

Duel with Apollo

c)

Usurp his father’s throne

d)

Drive the Sun's chariot

13.

What is the name of Daedalus’s son?

a)

Theseus

b)

Minos

c)

Perseus

d)

Icarus

14.

Which of the following were all great Greek heroes in the Trojan War?

a)

Achilles, Odysseus, and Aeneas

b)

Hector, Priam, and Cadmus

c)

Theseus, Hercules, and Perseus

d)

Menelaus, Agamemnon, and Ajax

15.

The myths served many functions for the Greeks. Which of the following purposes did they not serve?

a)

Literature, functioning as entertainment and pure fantasy

b)

Science, explaining the mechanics of the physical world

c)

Prophecy, showing how the world will end

d)

Religion, explaining the role of gods and morality in everyday life