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Greek Mythology

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is given to Cronus to eat instead of his son, Zeus?

a)

A bull

b)

His twin brother

c)

A rock wrapped in a baby’s clothes

d)

His son, cooked by his wife

2.

His the King of the Myrmidons and the father of Achilles; he sailed with Argonauts and participated in the Calydonian Boar hunt?

a)

Perseus

b)

Peleus

c)

Oedipus

d)

Theseus

3.

Who is the king of Phocis who accidentally killed his own wife?

a)

Lycaon

b)

Menelaus

c)

Cephalus

d)

Theseus

4.

Who is the King of Thebes who banned the worship of Dionysus and was torn apart by Maenads?

a)

Agamemnon

b)

Lycaon

c)

Pentheus

d)

Cecrops

5.

Who is the King of Athens and slayer of the Minotaur?

a)

Aeson

b)

Helenus

c)

Theseus

d)

Lycurgus

6.

Who is the King of Thebes fated to kill his father and marry his mother?

a)

Laertes

b)

Laomedon

c)

Tantalus

d)

Oedipus

7.

What do you call the shield used by Zeus which could create all natural phenomena related to the air and the sky?

a)

trident

b)

aegis

c)

thunder bolt

d)

sickle

8.

Hephaestus is married to which of the following unwilling Goddesses?

a)

Athena

b)

Persephone

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Hera

9.

Which Goddess gave up her throne for Dionysus?

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Athena

c)

Hera

d)

Hestia

10.

Who among the following helped her mother give birth to her twin brother as soon as she was born, thereby becoming the protector of childbirth and labor?

a)

Persephone

b)

Hestia

c)

Artemis

d)

Demeter

11.

Who among the following was able to move swiftly between the world of man and the world of gods, acting as a messenger of the gods and the link between mortals and the Olympians?

a)

Dionysus

b)

Hermes

c)

Cupid

d)

Hephaestus

12.

Which of the following is a sacred animal to Hera?

a)

Horse

b)

Dove

c)

Peacock

d)

Pig

13.

In Greek Literature, kleos is fame after death, which is accumulated through the good deeds one has done throughout their life. Who among the following characters of The Iliad was used to materialize this theme in the epic?

a)

Achilles

b)

Odysseus

c)

Hector

d)

Paris

14.

Which of the following is NOT a promise given by the three goddesses to Paris in the Judgement of Paris in Thetis and Peleus’ wedding?

a)

being the rule of Asia along with the wealth

b)

the most beautiful woman in the world

c)

wisdom and prudence that will let him win any battle

d)

a following of thousands of the strongest, greatest warriors

15.

Who sends the plague to the Achaean camp near the beginning of The Iliad?

a)

Apollo

b)

Zeus

c)

Hera

d)

Moses