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Prometheus and Pandora

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The name Prometheus means

a)

afterthought

b)

forethought

c)

distraught

d)

unthoughtful

2.

The name Epimetheus means

a)

afterthought

b)

forethought

c)

distraught

d)

unthoughtful

3.

Who was the king of the gods at this time?

a)

Titan

b)

Saturn

c)

Jupiter

d)

Zeus

4.

What did Prometheus think man needed to be happy?

a)

food

b)

tools

c)

fire

d)

ambrosia

5.

Why did Jupiter refuse to give man fire?

a)

man might live like beasts

b)

man might drive them out of the kingdom

c)

man might starve to death

d)

man would be poor and ignorant

6.

What did Prometheus use to start fire?

a)

piece of wood

b)

seaweed

c)

cornstalk

d)

stalk of fennel

7.

How did Prometheus start the fire?

a)

the flames of the sun

b)

a spark from a stone

c)

a burning light on the mountainside

d)

the embers of a campfire

8.

When man received fire, they felt that ______ had been given to them.

a)

happiness

b)

peace

c)

life

d)

love

9.

What age might have come again if Prometheus had continued to help man?

a)

ice age

b)

golden age

c)

middle age

d)

industrial age

10.

How did Jupiter feel when he found out what Prometheus had done?

a)

proud

b)

excited

c)

disturbed

d)

angry

11.

Who created the woman?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Prometheus

c)

Vulcan

d)

Titan

12.

Who gave Pandora the gift of life?

a)

Prometheus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Vulcan

d)

Athena

13.

What does the name Pandora mean?

a)

heavenly gift

b)

she who is beautiful

c)

curiosity

d)

all gifted

14.

What was the last gift Pandora received?

a)

good manners

b)

beauty

c)

curiosity

d)

kind heart

15.

Whose wife did Pandora become?

a)

Epimetheus

b)

Prometheus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Vulcan

16.

What did Pandora bring with her to her new home?

a)

precious jewels

b)

collecting basket

c)

fashionable clothes

d)

golden casket

17.

Who warned Pandora not to open the box?

a)

Epimetheus

b)

Prometheus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Athena

18.

What was in the box?

a)

diseases and cares

b)

ghosts and goblins

c)

golden jewels

d)

spirits of the dead

19.

What was left in the box?

a)

curiosity

b)

hope

c)

foreboding

d)

disease

20.

If Pandora had not closed the lid, what would mankind never have?

a)

disease

b)

hope

c)

suffering

d)

kindness