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QUIZ 1: THE GORGON'S HEAD

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________was king of Seriphos, in a land called Greece.

a)

Polydectes

b)

Acrisius

c)

Dictys

2.

________, King of Argos, came home from Delphi with a heavy heart, for he had received a dreadful oracle.

a)

Polydectes

b)

Acrisius

c)

Dictys

3.

_______, a son was born to Danae, she hid him from her father’s sight.

a)

Perseus

b)

Zeus

c)

Apollo

4.

It happened that a fisherman, ______ by name, saw the chest bobbing on the waves close to the shore.

a)

Polydectes

b)

Acrisius

c)

Dictys

5.

______ was one of the three Gorgons, terrible winged monsters who lived alone on an island.

a)

Medusa

b)

Athena

c)

Steno

6.

They have but one eye shared among the three.

a)

Gray Women

b)

Gray Woman

c)

Grey Women

7.

______ gave Perseus a magnificent curved sword for Medusa’s scales are hard as metal.

a)

Hermes

b)

Nymphs

c)

Athena

8.

They give him the winged shoes, the helmet that would make him invisible, and the magic wallet that would become the right size for whatever he wish to carry.

a)

Hermes

b)

Nymphs

c)

Athena

9.

“Daughter of Cepheus, King of the Ethiopians. The beautiful Cassiopeia is my mother. ‘’

a)

Athena

b)

Helen

c)

Andromeda

10.

_________became stony statues before Phineas yielded, crying.

a)

100

b)

200

c)

300