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Ch. 8 Section 3

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What i s the modern expression that refers to a person's weak spot and is base on a figure from Greek Mythology?

a)

Elmer's elbow

b)

Achillies heel

c)

the Midas touch

2.

Greek writers used short stories to teach lessons about life and give advice on how to live called...

a)

fables

b)

tables

c)

tales

3.

Ancient Greeks explained weather, seasons , and natural disasters by using ....?

a)

biology

b)

literature

c)

Mythology

4.

Who wrote two great epic poems called the Illiad and the Odysseus?

a)

Draco

b)

Homer

c)

Pericles

5.

Most poets were men, but the most famous lyric poet was a woman named?

a)

Sappho

b)

Hera

c)

Dionysis

6.

He is known as the king of the Greek gods?

a)

Hades

b)

Hercules

c)

Zues

7.

Greek mythology and literature has influenced many English ______________ and expressions.

a)

lessons

b)

letters

c)

words

8.

_______________are main characters in Greek fables.

a)

people

b)

animals

c)

insects

9.

A poem that is set to music is called a_________.

a)

lyric poem

b)

haiku

c)

sonnet

10.

The Greeks enjoyed telling stories of heroes who had special abiities and often face terrible monsters.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The ancient olympics took place in the city-state of...

a)

Thebes

b)

Olympia

c)

Athens

12.

The Greeks were monotheistic, they believed in one God.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Greeks built great ____________to honor their gods.

a)

monuments

b)

staircases

c)

temples

14.

The most famous of all Greek heroes killed a huge snake with nine heads called the Hydra.

a)

Hercules

b)

Hades

c)

Hephaestus