WorksheetsFF19 part I
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
According to Roman mythology, the god of the sea also created the horse. What was his name?
Neptune
Apollo
Mars
Saturn
What was the Greek name for the Roman god known as Jupiter?
Poseidon
Zeus
Dionysus
Hermes
What happened to those who looked into the eyes of Medusa?
They grew wings and flew away.
They had bad dreams at night.
They melted into a pile of sludge.
They turned into stone
Which deities were twins and were represented by the Sun and the Moon?
Ceres and Bacchus
Vulcan and Venus
Apollo and Diana
Pluto and Ceres
Who was the Roman god of war?
Mars
Pluto
Mercury
Janus
Where did the gods supposedly live?
Mt. Vesuvius
Mt. Ararat
Mt. Olympus
Iowa
Which phrase best describes Juno?
goddess of food
goddess of the sky
queen of the gods
messenger of the gods
Saturn, Jupiter's father, was of a race of gods called the...
Muses
Hecatoncheires
Rexorians
Titans
Minerva, Roman goddess of war, wisdom, and weaving, is traditionally associated with which Greek goddess?
Hera
Artemis
Demeter
Athena
In which structure was the Minotaur trapped?
Pandora's Box
Labyrinth
Devil's Snare
Procrustean Bed
Which creature is pictured here?
Pegasus
Chimaera
Cerberus
Sphinx
Cerberus guarded the entrance to what location?
Underworld
Rome
Vulcan's Workshop
Labyrinth
Who kidnapped Cerberus as the last of his 12 Labors?
Perseus
Heracles
Theseus
Jason
If the Romans wished for a good harvest, to which goddess would they most likely pray?
Juno
Vesta
Diana
Ceres
Which of the following pairs in NOT a correctly-matched Roman/Greek deity?
Pluto/Hades
Mercury/Hermes
Vesta/Venus
Mars/Ares
In return for helping a friend, Dionysus granted King Midas' wish by giving him...
a powerful sword
the golden touch
a beautiful wife
a huge palace
Odysseus, after the Trojan War and years at sea, finally returned home to his wife and son. Who were they?
Galatea and Pygmalion
Pyrrha and Deucalion
Penelope and Telemachus
Helen and Menelaus
Which god was said to have kept his workshop, where he made the weapons of gods and heroes, inside Mt. Etna in Sicily?
Vulcan
Bacchus
Prometheus
Mercury
What kind of creature is pictured here?
Satyr
Gorgon
Centaur
Hippocampus
Who trained heroes like Achilles and Diomedes, and was placed in the stars by Zeus as the constellation Sagittarius?
Chiron
Acastus
Peleus
Beorn
What happened to Phaeton after he unsuccessfully drove Apollo's sun-chariot?
He drowned in the sea.
Apollo locked him inside a cave.
Jupiter struck him down with a lightning bolt.
Pluto buried him alive.
Jupiter and Mercury, disguised as humans, once searched for a place to stay late at night. All refused them entry, until an elderly couple received them. Who were they?
Io and Creon
Midas and Phrygia
Iole and Dryope
Baucis and Philemon
Cupid shot Apollo and Daphne with different arrows; the arrow which struck Apollo was tipped with gold. With what element was Daphne's arrow tipped?
Silver
Copper
Iron
Lead
After Actaeon glimpsed Diana while she was bathing, into which animal did she transform him?
Dog
Fly
Bear
Stag
Punished by Apollo after a musical contest, Midas was cursed with having which animal body part(s)?
donkey ears
goat eyes
snake tongue
lion mane
