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AVID Week 8 Vocab/Greek Gods

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

boringly instructional or academic; very strict and particular

a)

pedantic

b)

didactic

2.
idle wanderer; traveler
a)
vagabond
b)
gory
c)
leeway
d)
partisan
3.

understood only by a small group or a select few

a)

benign

b)

esoteric

c)

antithesis

d)

ascend

4.
careful to look at all possibilities before acting; cautious; aware of consequences
a)
circumspect
b)
speculate
c)
respect
d)
inspect
5.
unfriendly; hostile; injurious
a)
convoluted
b)
banal
c)
boorish
d)
inimical
6.

very generous

a)

superfluous

b)

surreptitious

c)

munificent

d)

lustrous

7.
Usually ______________, Ingrid surprised her friends at the party by being upbeat, positive, and proactive. 
a)
gregarious
b)
preternatural
c)
sententious
d)
lachrymose
8.
(adj) Tearful; weepy.
a)
Lachrymose
b)
Knell
c)
Legerdemain
d)
Laconic
9.

filthy and neglected

a)

diminutive

b)

squalid

c)

radical

d)

beret

10.
gain the good will of or cause to be more favorably inclined
a)
conciliate
b)
profligate
c)
bucolic
d)
travail
11.

Facing so many difficulties would leave most people feeling ____ and exhausted.

a)

travails

b)

harried

c)

assuaged

d)

foreboding

12.

A _____________ is a creature that has the head of a bull and the body of a man. He was found in the Labyrinth.

a)

Labrynth

b)

Prometheus

c)

Minotaur

d)

Mount Olympus

13.

When I opened the box, all sorts of terrible evils and terrifying things that cause people sorrow flooded out. Who am I?

a)

Prometheus

b)

Icarus

c)

Myths

d)

Pandora

14.

____________ boasted that she was a better weaver than the goddess Athena.

a)

Icarus

b)

Persephone

c)

Arachne

d)

Prometheus

15.

God of sunlight, truth, poetry, music and healing; twin of Artemis

a)

Ares

b)

Poseidon

c)

Apollo

16.
The names of the three brothers who defeated their father Cronus are...
a)
Hades, Zeus, Poseidon
b)
Hercules, Hera, Aries
c)
Zeus, Hercules, Kratos
d)
Poseidon, Hades, Loki
17.

The ancient Greeks told myths to:

a)

Pass the time

b)

Scare foreign countries from invading

c)

Explain why things happened on Earth

18.
God of travelers, thieves, messages, a many other things; has winged shoes
a)
Zeus
b)
Hermes
c)
Apollo
d)
Hades
19.
Goddess of the harvest; sister of Zeus and mother of Persephone.
a)
Hera
b)
Demeter
c)
Athena
d)
Aphrodite 
20.
Sprouted fully armed from Zeus's head; goddess of wisdom, battle strategy
a)
Hera
b)
Persephone
c)
Athena
d)
Aphrodite
21.
God of the sky; chief god; weapon is a lightning bolt
a)
Zeus
b)
Athena
c)
Hades
d)
Poisidon
22.
Who is the god of fire ;blacksmith to the gods ?
a)
Hephaestes 
b)
Troy
c)
Zeus
d)
Achilles 
23.
Who kidnapped Persephone?
a)
Poseidon
b)
Zeus
c)
Hephaestus
d)
Hades
24.
Who is in charge of holding up the sky?
a)
Atlas
b)
Medusa
c)
Perseus
d)
Zeus
25.
The race of gods who were defeated by Zeus and the Olympians
a)
Olympus
b)
Titans
c)
Styx
d)
Medusa
26.
The Gorgon with snakes for hair and a look that could turn a person to stone
a)
Perseus
b)
Atlas
c)
Medusa
d)
Titans
27.
Wife of Zeus; goddess of marriage
a)
Athena
b)
Hera
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Persephone
28.

For six months out of the year, I live in the underworld. I am

a)

Demeter

b)

Arachne

c)

Pandora

d)

Persephone

29.
She is the twin sister of Apollo and the goddess of hunting.
a)
Athena
b)
Artemis
c)
Hera
d)
Shera
30.
She is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
a)
Athena
b)
Minerva
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Hera
31.
He is a brother of Zeus and the god of the seas.
a)
Poseidon
b)
Pluto
c)
Hades
d)
Apollo
32.
He is Zeus' brother, the ruler of the underworld, and god of the dead.
a)
Hermes
b)
Poseidon
c)
Apollo
d)
Hades

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