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Myth Part 3 Exam

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did King Acrisius try to prevent his daughter, Danae, from becoming pregnant with Perseus?

a)

He put her on a lonely island

b)

He sunk her underground in a house of bronze

c)

He sent her to the underworld

d)

He locked her up in a closet.

2.

Who, however, got to Danae and impregnated her with Perseus?

a)

Zeus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Ares

d)

Hades

3.

Who took care of Danae and Perseus for many years?

a)

the fisherman, Dictys

b)

the king, Acrisius

c)

the king, Polydectus

d)

the grey women

4.

A cruel ruler of the little island Danae and Perseus washed up on, and who wanted Danae as his wife.

a)

King Dictys

b)

King Polydectus

c)

King Acrisius

d)

Perseus

5.

How did King Polydectus "get rid of" Perseus?

a)

He locked him up in a chest and threw him out to sea

b)

He killed him

c)

He told him to go kill Medusa as a gift for him

d)

He asked him to travel to the underworld.

6.

In what ways did the gods help Perseus?

a)

they gave him a mirrored shield

b)

they gave him sandals with wings

c)

they gave him information on the grey women

d)

all of the above.

7.

In the story of Perseus, who knew where to find Medusa?

a)

Zeus and Hermes

b)

Danae and Dictys

c)

The Grey Women

d)

The Gorgons

8.

The only female hero

a)

Atlas

b)

Athena

c)

Artemis

d)

Atalanta

9.

How does Persues avoid turning into stone when fighting Medusa?

a)

he wears sunglasses

b)

he keeps his eyes closed

c)

he uses a magical sword

d)

he uses a mirror

10.

Where does Perseus keep Medusa's head after he chops it off?

a)

In a magical wallet

b)

In his school bag

c)

in his pocket

d)

he carriers it

11.

Medusa's head was given to which goddess?

a)

Hera

b)

Athena

c)

Artemis

d)

Aphrodite.

12.

Where can Medusa's head be found now?

a)

The Aegis

b)

The arch of Olympus

c)

In the underworld

d)

On Perseus' sword.

13.

Who was Andromeda?

a)

A princess who was abandoned on an island

b)

A princess who was sacrificed in the Labyrinth

c)

A princess who mother had offended the gods and was being punished for it

d)

A princess who Hercules made his wife after he saved her.

14.

Who did Perseus turn to stone with Medusa's head?

a)

Dictys and his wife

b)

King Minos and the Minotaur

c)

Andromeda and the Athenians

d)

King Polydectes and his followers.

15.

The prophecy that Danae's son would overthrow her father became true

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What does Theseus father, Aegeus, leave under a giant rock for Theseus when he is able to move it?

a)

Sword and shoes

b)

sword and a shield

c)

a magic wallet

d)

Medusa's head.

17.

What was the punishment to the Athenian for losing the war to King Minos of Crete?

a)

Someone had to capture Medusa

b)

A group of Athenians had to be sacrificed to the Minotaur

c)

Athens was taken over by King Minos

d)

Theseus had to be banished to an island.

18.

What is the Labyrinth?

a)

a temple

b)

a city

c)

a maze

d)

a weapon

19.

Who kids the minotaur?

a)

Hercules

b)

Minos

c)

Perseus

d)

Theseus

20.

Commits suicide because he sees his son's black sail approaching.

a)

Minos

b)

Aegeus

c)

Theseus

d)

Alcmena

21.

Who does Theseus's friend Pirithous foolishly try to pursue as his next wife?

a)

Artemis

b)

Hera

c)

Persephone

d)

Ariadne

22.

The amazing feat Hercules accomplished as a young child

a)

Moving a rock

b)

Killing two snakes

c)

Killing Medusa

d)

Swimming with dolphins.

23.

Which goddess was extremely jealous of Hercules?

a)

Artemis

b)

Hera

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Demeter

24.

Hercules killed his wife, Megara, and his three children

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Which of the following was not a labor of Hercules?

a)

Holing the world on his shoulders

b)

Killing the Nemian lion

c)

Fighting the Hydra

d)

Capturing the great boar

26.

How did Hercules clean the Augean stables in a single day?

a)

he had the help from Atlas

b)

he changed the courses of two rivers

c)

Arethusa the god of the river helped him

d)

he used his bare hands

27.

Who was Hercules to bring back from Hades?

a)

Cerberus

b)

Pegasus

c)

Minotaur

d)

Satyr

28.

Hercules freed Theseus from where?

a)

the chair of sleeping

b)

the chair of death

c)

the chair of forgetfulness

d)

the chair of stone

29.

Why did Atalanta feel nothing but friendship towards Meleager?

a)

she despised men because of their sexist nature

b)

she mad a vow of chastity in honor of Artemis

c)

she felt she looked too boyish to be with him

d)

she saw men as hunting companions

30.

Who did Meleager kill after fighting over who should get the skins of the Calydonian Boar?

a)

his uncles

b)

his cousins

c)

his brothers

d)

his sons

31.

How did Meleager die?

a)

Atalanta shot an arrow through him by accident

b)

He was attacked by the Calydonian Boar

c)

His mother completely burned him with a cursed piece of wood

d)

Hercules killed him in a fit of rage

32.

Atalanta would only marry the suitor who could...

a)

kill the Calydonian Boar

b)

Get Cupid to shoot his arrow at her

c)

Escape the Labyrinth

d)

Defeat her in a race.

33.

Who did Atalanta marry?

a)

Hippomenes

b)

Meleager

c)

Hercules

d)

Achilles

34.

What objects given by Aphrodite led to Atalanta's marriage?

a)

magic sandals

b)

magic apples

c)

magic wings

d)

magic discuses

35.

Atalanta and her husband were transformed into what animal?

a)

boars

b)

tigers

c)

birds

d)

lions

36.

The father of Hercules

a)

Zeus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Hades

d)

Hermes

37.

Who helped Theseus escape the Labyrinth?

a)

Ariadne

b)

Persephone

c)

Hercules

d)

Minos

38.

The object that led to death of Hercules

a)

a wallet with poison

b)

a sword

c)

a robe with the blood of a centaur

d)

an apple

39.

Theseus becomes king and makes Athens a democracy

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Hercules married Hebe in the afterlife

a)

true

b)

false