WorksheetsHercules Quest
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What did Hercules need to collect?
3 golden apples
3 golden pears
3 pumpkins
The sky
Atlas' job was to
(a)
What was the garden called that held the golden apples?
The garden of Apples
The garden of Hesperides
Atlas' Garden
What did Atlas do when Hercules took over holding the sky?
Said he would miss his job.
Caper, leap, and dance.
Stretched
Slowly lifted his feet out of the forest.
How many pumpkins did Atlas bring back for Hercules?
1
2
0
3
How big were the apples brought back to Hercules?
Hercules was a
remarkably strong man
A greek god
not very strong
Why couldn't the sky be set on a rock?
It was a myth
None of them were high enough
Atlas didn't trust any of them
Nobody ever tried
Hercules Quest is a
Non-fiction
Fairytale
Tall Tale
Myth
Why did Atlas say he should be the one to take the apples to the king?
He didn't, he let Hercules take them
He was quicker
The apples were too heavy
He wanted to meet the king
How did Hercules trick Atlas?
He asked him joke and Hercules fell for it.
He asked him to hold the sky so he could fix his clothes if he was going to hold the sky for 1,000 years.
