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WorksheetsPersephone and Spring
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who abducted Persephone?
Zeus
Hades
Poseidon
Hermes
Persephone was the Queen of what?
Queen of the Sea
Queen of the Gardens
Queen of the Underworld
Queen of the Sun
Who were Persephone's parents?
Astraeus and EOS
Helios and Rhode
Zeus and Themis
Demeter and Zeus
What was Persephone's nickname?
Mother Earth
Kore which means maiden
Star Maiden
The mother of the gods
What is Persephone the Goddess of?
Vegetation and Spring
The Sea
Love and Beauty
The Earth
The myth of Persephone was used to explain what to the Greeks?
Day and Night
Astrology
Astronomy
The seasons
Was Persephone Demeter's only daughter?
Yes
No
How did Demeter react to the abduction of Persephone?
She was crying and begging for help
Happy and relieved
Calm and collected
Enraged and wanted revenge
Did Hades trick Persephone into eating the fruit of the underworld, pomegranate seeds?
No
Yes
In light of her eating these pomegranate seeds, what obligation did she receive after?
An eternity in the Underworld
An etrenity of having to hate her own mother
Having to stay in the Underworld during the winter months, which was three months out of the year
Having to love Hades unconditionally in spite of what he did
True or false: Demeter decided to abandon her duties as the goddess of harvest and fertility and let plants rot, animals starve and let the earth dry out.
True
False
