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Greek Mythology Part III

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Known in Latin as Saturn, this deity rose to power after castrating his father Uranus. He married his sister Rhea, and, with her, gave birth to the Olympian gods. Who was he?

a)

Zeus

b)

Apollo

c)

Prometheus

d)

Cronus

2.

The god of fertility and drink, this fun-loving deity represents the liberation of the affects from the strict control of reason. In Roman mythology he was known as Bacchus. Who was he?

a)

Zeus

b)

Dionysus

c)

Prometheus

d)

Uranus

3.

This beautiful daughter of Zeus and Demeter was abducted by Hades and made queen of the underworld. She was the goddess of springtime. Who was she?

a)

Diane

b)

Athena

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Persephone

4.

What does Cronus sickle do if someone touches it?

a)

It separates their soul from their body

b)

It glows bright and gets a mind of its own

c)

It turns into a gorgon

d)

It blows up

e)

It falls into ashes and turns into a phoenix

5.

The 3-headed dog who guards the gates of the Underworld. A son of the monster Echidna, he permits new spirits to enter the world of the dead, but will not allow any to leave.

a)

Percy Jackson

b)

Cerberus

c)

Zeus

d)

Harry Potter

6.

These three were mysterious old hags who controlled the destiny of all living beings from birth to death. They spun out each life as a thread and cut it at the moment of death. Even the supposedly immortal gods were afraid of them.

a)

Harpies

b)

Furies

c)

Sirens

d)

Fates

7.

Wild, unruly bird-winged maidens, sometimes pictured as ugly hags. They stole food from the seer Phineas as a punishment from Zeus.

a)

Fates

b)

Furies

c)

Harpies

d)

Witches

8.

Which was the River of the Unbreakable Oath in the Underworld, and into which Achilles was dipped by Thetis?

a)

Ixion

b)

Hermes

c)

Styx

d)

Acheron

9.

Which gorgeous goddess was born from the foam of the sea, and is the subject of a beautiful painting by Botticelli in which she is seen standing on an upturned shell riding the ocean waves?

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Amphitrite

c)

Athena

d)

Nike

10.

One day Zeus had a splitting headache, so he called upon Hephaestus to literally split open his head since it hurt so badly. Who, to his surprise, sprung fully armored from his head?

a)

Artemis

b)

Athena

c)

Dionysus

d)

Iris

11.

Who ferried the dead across a river in the Underworld if they gave him the proper payment, a coin or obol, which the Greeks always placed under a dead person's tongue when given a proper burial?

a)

Charon

b)

Acheron

c)

Achelous

d)

Cerberus

12.

This was the favorite food of the gods.

a)

Nectar

b)

Twinkied poptarts

c)

Ambrosia

d)

Ichor

13.

This mythological winged horse was born from the severed head of Medusa.

a)

Arion

b)

Chiron

c)

Bucephalus

d)

Pegasus

14.

She was the twin sister of Zeus and was beguiled into becoming his wife when Zeus transformed himself into her favorite bird, the cuckoo.

a)

Hera

b)

Demeter

c)

Alcmene

d)

Artemis

15.

This goddess of love and beauty's symbols are the rose and the hand mirror; she is usually considered to be either the daughter of Zeus or the daughter of Uranus, the grandfather of Zeus, thus making her Zeus's aunt.

a)

Hestia

b)

Artemis

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Urania

16.

His primary weapon is the trident; as lord of the sea, the half-horse, half-fish hippocampi pulled his sea chariot, and his son Triton announced his arrival by blowing on a conch shell.

a)

Zeus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Hades

d)

Pirithous

17.

Which is the last labor of Hercules?

a)

Taking the apples from the Garden of Hesperides

b)

The Capture of Cerberus

c)

The Killing of the Nemean Lion

d)

Cleaning the dirty stables of King Augeas

e)

The slaying of Geryon

18.

What Immortal being gave Medusa snakes for hair and such an ugly appearance anyone who looked her way would turn to stone.

a)

Athena

b)

Hera

c)

Hades

d)

Hermes

19.

Persephone was the Goddess of _______?

a)

the Underworld

b)

Hatred

c)

the Sun

d)

Sleep

e)

the Moon

20.

What was Minos job after he got to the underworld ?

a)

The assistant of Hades

b)

Director of the fields of punishment

c)

A judge of the dead

d)

Having to roll a rock up a hill and never get done

e)

Helper of Charon who rows the dead across the Styx