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Mythology

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mythology is

a)

used in a culture to explain why things happen

b)

a lie

c)

always passed down orally

d)

something that doesn't affect us today

2.

Myths are closely related to religion and personify things and natural forces which are considered as gods by ancient people while fables are stories that use personification and have morals.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Fairytales usually begin with "Happily ever after..."

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The tortoise and the hare is an example of which of the following

a)

Myth

b)

Fairytale

c)

Fable

d)

Legend

5.

A legend is believed to have

a)

taken place in history

b)

evolve over years

c)

can be poetry or prose

d)

all of the above

6.

Odin, Thor, and Freya are all examples of ____________ Gods and Goddesses.

a)

Greek

b)

Roman

c)

Lakota

d)

Norse

7.

_____ is the Greek God of the sea.

a)

Zeus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Hera

d)

Rhea

8.

Native Americans and many other cultures use their myths to teach their children how to behave.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Jupiter is an example of a __________ God

a)

Roman

b)

Greek

c)

Lakota

d)

Egyptian

10.

One similarity between the creation myths would be

a)

the setting

b)

they had dysfunctional families

c)

they had the same amount of characters

d)

they had the same ending

11.

Myths are important today because

a)

they predict the future

b)

they explain the past

c)

each culture has remnants that are a direct result of these stories

d)

all of the above

12.

An animalistic society is one that believes animals have souls and feelings. Native Americans are an example of an animalistic society.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Who is the father of Zeus?

a)

Demeter

b)

Cronus

c)

Croton

d)

Hestia

14.

What is an archetype?

a)

Hero

b)

Villain

c)

Victim

d)

All of the Above

15.

Zeus is married to ________________

a)

Hera

b)

his sister

c)

Isis

d)

Both Hera and his sister

16.

The god of death, god of the underworld is __________

a)

Hades

b)

Poseidon

c)

Zeus

d)

Apollo

17.

Dionysus (invented wine) is Zeus's son by a mortal woman named ___________

a)

Athena

b)

Ambrosia

c)

Semele

d)

Lachesis

18.

The Greek gods and goddesses were thought to dwell in a place known as ___________

a)

Vesuvius

b)

Mt. Olympus

c)

Australia

d)

Crete

19.

Zeus's weapon of choice was ____________

a)

a purple ram's fleece

b)

Hera's anger

c)

a lightening bolt

d)

medusa's head

20.

Hera does not like being married to Zeus because

a)

He often marries mortal women

b)

he asked her 300 times before

c)

he shaped shifted into a cuckoo

d)

all of the above

21.

Hera's emblem was the __________because it was the most motherly of animals.

a)

Horse

b)

Dolphin

c)

Eagle

d)

Cow

22.

Poseidon's only weapon was a ______________

a)

clam

b)

seahorse

c)

trident

d)

dolphin

23.

Poseidon's emblem was the ____________ , which he is said to have created named after the waves.

a)

Clam

b)

dolphin

c)

horse

d)

star fish

24.

Poseidon's sister and goddess of all useful fruits, grasses and grains who seldom smiled is ____________________

a)

Hera

b)

Demeter

c)

Persephone

d)

Hephaestus

25.

Goddess of Wisdom who knows more than anyone about pottery, weaving, and all useful arts.

a)

Athena

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Hera

d)

Demeter

26.

Goddess of Love and Beauty, her emblem the dove.

a)

Athena

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Loki

d)

Ares

27.

God of war, tall handsome, boastful, cruel brother, who loved fighting for its own sake.

a)

Ares

b)

Zeus

c)

Hephaestus

d)

Loki

28.

The god of music, poetry, medicine, archery, and young unmarried men....Zeus's son by another woman!

a)

Hermes

b)

Cupid

c)

Apollo

d)

Ares

29.

Goddess of the hunt and unmarried girls who knows medicine and archery...she hates the idea of marriage she prefers hunting, fishing, and swimming in moonlit mountain pools. If a mortal saw her without clothes, she would change him into a stag and hunt him to death.

a)

Athena

b)

Apollo

c)

Hestia

d)

Artemis

30.

This god is the god of merchants, bankers, thieves, fortunetellers, and heralds. It is said he invented the alphabet and one of his emblems was the crane.

a)

Hermes

b)

Hestia

c)

Apollo

d)

Mars

31.

The three fates were Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos the oldest goddesses in existence. The fates decided how long each mortal should live; spinning a linen thread, to measure exactly so many inches and feet for months and years, when death would come they would ____________.

a)

snip it off with a pair of shears

b)

throw it in the fire

c)

make a jacket out of it

d)

spin a web

32.

Nectar was

a)

a type of fish

b)

a type of bread

c)

the name of the servant

d)

a sweet drink made from fermented honey

33.

What is an oracle?

a)

a special person with knowledge, prophecies or answers others don't have

b)

a stick with two snakes wrapped around it

c)

a healer