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Greek Mythology

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the God of the sea?

a)

Zeus

b)

Apollo

c)

Athena

d)

Poseidon

2.

Who is the king of all other gods?

a)

Zeus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Apollo

d)

Helios

3.

Who is the God of sun & light?

a)

Athena

b)

Apollo

c)

Artemis

d)

Poseidon

4.

Who is the Goddess of wisdom and war?

a)

Athena

b)

Ares

c)

Helena

d)

Hera

5.

A giant whirlpool monster that swallows Odysseus' ship

a)

Charybdis

b)

Circe

c)

Polyphemus

d)

Scylla

6.

Women who live on an island & lure men into their doom (boat crashes into rocks) by singing.

a)

Charybdis

b)

Circe

c)

Scylla

d)

Sirens

7.
Wife of Zeus; goddess of marriage
a)
Athena
b)
Hera
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Persephone
8.
God of travelers, thieves, messages, a many other things; has winged shoes
a)
Zeus
b)
Hermes
c)
Apollo
d)
Hades
9.
Goddess of the harvest; sister of Zeus and mother of Persephone.
a)
Hera
b)
Demeter
c)
Athena
d)
Aphrodite 
10.
Sprouted fully armed from Zeus's head; goddess of wisdom, battle strategy
a)
Hera
b)
Persephone
c)
Athena
d)
Aphrodite
11.
Who is the goddess of love and beauty? 
a)
Hades
b)
Hera
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Athena
12.
Who is the god of fire ;blacksmith to the gods ?
a)
Hephaestes 
b)
Troy
c)
Zeus
d)
Achilles 
13.
Who is in charge of holding up the sky?
a)
Atlas
b)
Medusa
c)
Perseus
d)
Zeus
14.
The race of gods who were defeated by Zeus and the Olympians
a)
Olympus
b)
Titans
c)
Styx
d)
Medusa
15.
The home of the Greek gods
a)
Titans
b)
Styx
c)
Perseus
d)
Mt. Olympus
16.
The Gorgon with snakes for hair and a look that could turn a person to stone
a)
Perseus
b)
Atlas
c)
Medusa
d)
Titans
17.
The mortal hero who killed the Gorgon with snakes for hair
a)
Perseus
b)
Atlas
c)
Medusa
d)
Titans
18.

Artemis is the goddess of.....

a)

Sun, Poetry, Music

b)

Rainbow, Messenger

c)

Good Luck, Fortune

d)

Moon, Hunt

19.

God of War

a)

Ares

b)

Arrest

c)

Aristocrat

d)

Artist

20.
Which god/goddess was married to Hephaestus? 
a)
Hestia
b)
Hera
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Athena 
21.
Who was led by the Argonauts in a quest to for the Golden Fleece?
a)
Hercules
b)
Artemis
c)
Apollo
d)
Jason 
22.
Whose mother threw him off Mt. Olympus? 
a)
Gaea
b)
Hermes
c)
Hephaestus
23.
Which child of Cronos did Rhea hide away? 
a)
Posieden
b)
Ares
c)
Zeus
d)
Hephestus
24.
Who were the original parents of the Titans?
a)
Ocean and Sky
b)
Sun and Moon
c)
Gaea and Uranus
d)
Star and Earth
25.
Who was the wife of Cronos?
a)
Rhea
b)
Hera
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Athena
26.
Who was the Goddess of the Hearth?
a)
Hera
b)
Hestia
c)
Demeter
d)
Persephone
27.
Who was the god of wine?
a)
Hermes
b)
Appollo
c)
Ares
d)
Dionysus
28.
One-eyed creatures; sons of Gaea and Uranus
a)
Eros
b)
Hermes
c)
Cyclopes
d)
Apollo
29.

Which of the following is NOT an objective of Greek Mythology?

a)

Explain natural phenomena

b)

Provide a path for salvation

c)

Explain human qualities

d)

Explain life events

30.

Who was the patron god of theatre and art?

a)

Dionysus

b)

Demeter

c)

Artemis

d)

Hera

e)

Athena

31.

A mythological creature with the head and torso of a man and the bottom half of a goat:

a)

Centaur

b)

Satyr

c)

Nymph

d)

Heroine

32.
A made up story, usually with gods and heroes, whose purpose is to explain a natural phenomenon or cultural practice:
a)
Morals
b)
Centaur
c)
Phenomena
d)
Myth
33.
A man who is endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for his exploits and favored by the gods:
a)
Titan
b)
Centaur
c)
Satyr
d)
Hero
34.
A minor nature goddess in the form of a beautiful young woman:
a)
Nymph
b)
Centaur
c)
Satyr
d)
Minotaur
35.

Which of the following creatures had three heads and was owned by Hades?

a)

Centaur

b)

Cerberus

c)

Minotaur

d)

Sphinx

36.

Which god and goddess were married?

a)

Poseidon - Athena

b)

Zeus - Hera

c)

Zeus - Arachne

d)

Poseidon - Persephone

37.

Which famous Greek giant gave man fire and made Zeus angry?

a)

Prometheus

b)

Persephone

c)

Poseidon

d)

Hades

38.

Which of the following three creatures were half human and half animal?

a)

Atlas, Pandora, Centaur

b)

Centaur, Dionysus, Pegasus

c)

Centaur, Minotaur, Sphinx

d)

None of the above

39.
Which of these is NOT a god from Greek mythology?
a)
Marduk
b)
Zeus
c)
Artemis
d)
Aphrodite
40.
The things that will happen to someone; a power that is believed to control what happens in the future; destiny
a)
Chaos
b)
Fate
c)
Staff
d)
Hearth