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Greek Mythology - The Beginning

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of Mother Earth?

a)

Rhea

b)

Thea

c)

Gaea

d)

Tethys

2.

What is the name of the heavens?

a)

Uranus

b)

Oceanus

c)

Atlas

d)

Cronus

3.

Who were the children of Gaea and Uranus?

a)

The Olympians

b)

The Giants

c)

The Furies

d)

The Titans

4.

Who built the palace on Mount Olympus?

a)

The Cyclopes

b)

Hecantonchires

c)

Hephaestus

d)

Cronus

5.

After defeating his father, Uranus, who did Cronus marry?

a)

Demeter

b)

Gaea

c)

Rhea

d)

Hera

6.

Why did Cronus eat his children?

a)

He was hungry.

b)

He hoped to protect them

c)

He didn't want his wife to raise them.

d)

He was afraid they would overthrow him.

7.

What did Metis do to Cronus?

a)

Tricked him into marrying her

b)

Tricked him into eating a magic herb that caused him to vomit up children and a stone

c)

Tricked him into eating a stone

d)

Tricked him into vowing upon the River Styx

8.

Where did the Titans get locked up?

a)

The sky in chains

b)

Mt. Olympus

c)

Tartarus

d)

a volcano

9.

Who had to carry the sky on his shoulders?

a)

Cronus

b)

Zeus

c)

Uranus

d)

Atlas

10.

What was the name of the goat who raised Zeus?

a)

Amaltheia

b)

Mnemosyne

c)

Thea

d)

Epimetheus

11.

What was the name of the three-headed dog who guarded the Underworld?

a)

Fluffy

b)

Cerberus

c)

Thanatos

d)

Morpheus

12.

What is the Roman name of the god of the Underworld?

a)

Hades

b)

Persephone

c)

Pluto

d)

Proserpina

13.

Who is the GREEK god of oceans, horses and earthquakes?

a)

Hephaestus

b)

Neptune

c)

Hades

d)

Poseidon

14.

Who is the ROMAN god in charge of gods and men who rules from Mt. Olympus?

a)

Hernes

b)

Jupiter

c)

Zeus

d)

Juno

15.

Who is the GREEK goddess of hearth and home?

a)

Hestia

b)

Hera

c)

Vesta

d)

Athena

16.

Who is the GREEK goddess of the harvest and agriculture?

a)

Ceres

b)

Dionysus

c)

Demeter

d)

Athena

17.

Who is the ROMAN name for the Queen of the gods and protector of marriage?

a)

Juno

b)

Hera

c)

Jupiter

d)

Hestia