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theban mythology

Total questions: 92

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who lives in Phoenicia?

a)

Androgeos

b)

Agenor

c)

Eteocles

d)

Theseus

2.

Where was Theseus a prince?

a)

Troezen

b)

Corinth

c)

Thebes

d)

Athens

3.

Whose sister was seduced by a bull

a)

Cilix

b)

Polyneices

c)

Aectaeon

d)

Echion

4.

Where is the location of Apollo's oracle?

a)

Knossos

b)

Corinth

c)

Delphi

d)

Olympia

5.

in what region is Thebes located?

a)

Attica

b)

Boeotia

c)

Peloponnesus

d)

Crete

6.

Who is the mother of Ino?

a)

Harmonia

b)

Ismene

c)

Phaedra

d)

Telephassa

7.

Who crafted a magical necklace as a wedding gift?

a)

Dionysus

b)

Vulcan

c)

Zeus

d)

Hera

8.

Who constructed the labyrinth?

a)

Theseus

b)

Aegeus

c)

Daedalus

d)

Aethra

9.

Who is thought to be Theseus' divine parent

a)

Zeus

b)

Heracles

c)

Neptune

d)

Bacchus

10.

Who is the father of Semele?

a)

Dionysus

b)

Jupiter

c)

Cadmus

d)

Oedipus

11.

Who committed suicide by jumping into the sea?

a)

Theseus

b)

Aegeus

c)

Agenor

d)

Aethra

12.

Who is the twice born god?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Dionysus

c)

Haephestus

d)

Poseidon

13.

Who is the mother of Ariadne?

a)

Pasiphae

b)

Phaedra

c)

Telephassa

d)

Jocasta

14.

Whose sister was abducted?

a)

Agenor

b)

Phoenix

c)

Androgeos

d)

Creon

15.

Who does not believe in the divinity of Dionysus?

a)

Cadmus

b)

Oedipus

c)

Minos

d)

Theseus

16.

Pentheus' desire was to....

a)

become a god

b)

marry his mother

c)

see Diana naked

d)

see the illicit practices of women worshipping Bacchus

17.

Who forgot to change the color of his sails?

a)

Oedipus

b)

Minos

c)

Cadmus

d)

Theseus

18.

Who is the son of Echion?

a)

Dianus

b)

Polydorus

c)

Polyneices

d)

Pentheus

19.

What is the favorite food of the Minotaur

a)

corn

b)

people

c)

pig

d)

chicken

20.

Who is the founder of Thebes

a)

Dionysus

b)

Cadmus

c)

Theseus

d)

Oedipus

21.

Who likes to go hunting?

a)

Actaeon

b)

Oedipus

c)

Cadmus

d)

Theseus

22.

Whose father was a snake/dragon?

a)

Pentheus

b)

Oedipus

c)

Androgeos

d)

Cadmus

23.

What trick did Dionysus play on Pentheus?

a)

dressed him as a wild animal

b)

dressed him in women's clothing

c)

set him aflame

d)

lured him into the labyrinth?

24.

who accompanied Cadmus in his search for his sister?

a)

Agenor

b)

Polydorus

c)

Telephassa

d)

Europa

25.

who is an aunt of Actaeon

a)

Hera

b)

Semele

c)

Echion

d)

Antigone

26.

Who is the final husband of Ariadne?

a)

Theseus

b)

Oedipus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Dionysus

27.

Who is king of Thebes when Dionysus returns

a)

Cadmus

b)

Theseus

c)

Oedipus

d)

Pentheus

28.

Who was born in Thebes?

a)

Oedipus

b)

Merope

c)

Polybus

d)

Harmonia

29.

What promise did Semele request?

a)

Promise me eternal age

b)

promise me a kingdom

c)

promise to show me your divine self

d)

promise me eternal youth

30.

who ripped Pentheus apart?

a)

his aunt and mother

b)

Bacchus

c)

the minotaur

d)

Semele

31.

Where did Oedipus discover the truth about his prophecy?

a)

Delos

b)

Thasos

c)

Athens

d)

Delphi

32.

Who is the god of grapes?

a)

Hermes

b)

Apollo

c)

Bacchus

d)

Poseidon

33.

Who was abandoned on the island of Naxos?

a)

Phaedra

b)

Theseus

c)

Ismene

d)

Ariadne

34.

Who is the god of ecstacy/madness/irrationality?

a)

Apollo

b)

Artemis

c)

Zeus

d)

Dionysus

35.

Who did Oedipus think to be his father?

a)

Polydorus

b)

Labdacus

c)

Laius

d)

Polybus

36.

who refused to sacrifice a special bull to the god who had given it?

a)

Agenor

b)

Polyneices

c)

Androgeos

d)

Minos

37.

Who is the mother of Bacchus?

a)

Agave

b)

Autonoe

c)

Semele

d)

Ino

38.

Where did Oedipus spend his childhood?

a)

Thebes

b)

Corinth

c)

Delphi

d)

Athens

39.

what scene is this?

a)

Oedipus defeats the Sphinx

b)

Theseus defeats the minotaur

c)

Actaeon spies Artemis

d)

Agave begins to dismember Pentheus

40.

What is the maternal homeland of Dionysus?

a)

Thebes

b)

Corinth

c)

Mt. Nysa

d)

Crete

41.

what is the central scene?

a)

Oedipus confronts the Sphinx

b)

birth of Dionysus

c)

Zeus and Semele

d)

the death of Pentheus

42.

Who did Oedipus think was his mother?

a)

Jocasta

b)

Antigone

c)

Merope

d)

Harmonia

43.

What was Actaeon's punishment?

a)

fed to the minotaur

b)

killed by his hunting buddies

c)

killed by his dogs

d)

turned into a bull

44.

What walks on 4's when young, on 2's when grown up, on 3 legs when old?

a)

a giraffe

b)

a minotaur

c)

a chimera

d)

a man

45.

Who married Harmonia?

a)

Theseus

b)

Cadmus

c)

Oedipus

d)

Creon

46.

who is this?

a)

Zeus

b)

Bacchus

c)

Oedipus

d)

Theseus

47.

Who is the sister of Antigone?

a)

Ismene

b)

Eteocles

c)

Polyneices

d)

Jocasta

48.

Who is the father of Phaedra?

a)

Theseus

b)

Dionysus

c)

Minos

d)

Minotaur

49.

Who is the cousin of Dionysus?

a)

Pentheus

b)

Bacchus

c)

Autonoe

d)

Oedipus

50.

who became queen of Crete

a)

Phoenicia

b)

Hera

c)

Jocasta

d)

Pasiphae

51.

Who was sewn into the thigh of Zeus?

a)

Apollo

b)

Haephestus

c)

Oedipus

d)

Bacchus

52.

Who is the brother of Eteocles?

a)

Antigone

b)

Polyneices

c)

Laius

d)

Polydorus

53.

what mountain is near Thebes?

a)

Acropolis

b)

Nysa

c)

Penteles

d)

Citheron

54.

who makes females followers crazy from his rituals

a)

Hermes

b)

Cadmus

c)

Spartoi

d)

Dionysus

55.

Whose favorite god is Poseidon

a)

Minos

b)

Oedipus

c)

Actaeon

d)

Agenor

56.

"the odds are that this could never happen... it is preposterous. but just in case, i will take the baby, pin his ankles together, give him to the slave and let the slave leave the baby on the hillside" who said this?

a)

Labdacus

b)

Polydorus

c)

Laius

d)

Menoecus

57.

What did Agave believe she was carrying back to the palace?

a)

the head of her son

b)

the head of Dionysus

c)

the head of her sister

d)

the head of a wild animal

58.

Who accompanied the exiled Oedipus?

a)

Ismene

b)

Antigone

c)

Jocasta

d)

the Sphinx

59.

what scene is this?

a)

defeated Sphinx

b)

Theseus slays the minotaur

c)

death of Actaeon

d)

Ariadne assists Theseus

60.

who is married to Minos

a)

minotaur

b)

Phaedra

c)

Pasiphae

d)

Harmonia

61.

Who is the goddess of wild animals and hunting?

a)

Diana

b)

Athena

c)

Juno

d)

Aphrodite

62.

What was Oedipus' reward for defeating the Sphinx?

a)

to see a god in his true form

b)

to marry the queen

c)

to be deified

d)

to drive the sun chariot

63.

what basic direction do you go to Crete from Phoenicia?

a)

north

b)

east

c)

west

d)

south

64.

Why did Oedipus leave Corinth?

a)

sent into exile because he killed his father

b)

ordered by Apollo to establish a new city

c)

Ordered by his father to locate his lost sister

d)

fled the city lest he kill his father

65.

Whose son is ripped apart by his own dogs?

a)

Autonoe

b)

Agave

c)

Jocasta

d)

Phaedra

66.

How did Semele die?

a)

eaten by the minotaur

b)

burnt alive

c)

jumped into the sea

d)

hanged herself

67.

who became king of Thebes after Oedipus?

a)

Laius

b)

Creon

c)

Epicaste

d)

Ismene

68.

"wow! is she ever cute... so cute she could be a model... perhaps i should bring her a towel to dry her off after her bath" who said this?

a)

Oedipus

b)

Minos

c)

Actaeon

d)

Zeus

69.

who was abducted by a bull?

a)

Minos

b)

Pasiphae

c)

Harmonia

d)

Europa

70.

who are here?

a)

Artemis / Actaeon

b)

Oedipus / Sphinx

c)

Poseidon / Pasiphae

d)

Zeus / Europa

71.

Where was Oedipus taken to Heaven?

a)

Delphi

b)

Corinth

c)

Thebes

d)

Athens

72.

what basic direction to you go to Greece from Tyre?

a)

north / west

b)

south / east

c)

south / west

d)

north /east

73.

Who could have played the Riddler on the Batman series?

a)

Minos

b)

Actaeon

c)

Sphinx

d)

Minotaur

74.

what scene is this

a)

Cadmus defeats the snake

b)

Theseus defeats the minotaur

c)

Oedipus kills Laius

d)

Polyneices and Eteocles fight for Thebes

75.

what basic direction do you go to Crete from Thebes?

a)

north

b)

east

c)

south

d)

west

76.

How did Oedipus try to solve the 2nd plague?

a)

by sending Creon to Delphi

b)

By begging Zeus to reveal the truth

c)

by sending out his children to find the murderer

d)

by killing a dragon and sowing its teeth

77.

what basic direction do you go from Naxos to Crete?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

78.

whose husband can change himself into a bull?

a)

Aethra

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Minerva

d)

Juno

79.

what basic direction did Dionysus take to go home?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

80.

How did the 2nd plague which beset Thebes come to a close?

a)

the riddle of the Sphinx was solved

b)

the murderer of Laius was exiled

c)

the queen gave birth to divine twins

d)

Delphi cleansed the murderer of his crime

81.

whose love led to Theseus killing the minotaur?

a)

PHaedra

b)

Ariadne

c)

Agave

d)

Telephassa

82.

Which goddess did Actaeon spy on?

a)

Hera

b)

Hestia

c)

Vesta

d)

Artemis

83.

what happened to Jocasta when she learned the truth?

a)

she went into exile

b)

she jumped off a cliff

c)

she hanged herself

d)

she poked out her eyes

84.

what scene is this?

a)

Ariadne assists Theseus

b)

death of Actaeon

c)

death of Pentheus

d)

the arrest of Dionysus

85.

Who lives in Tyre?

a)

Minos

b)

Oedipus

c)

Telephassa

d)

Pasiphae

86.

"hey, you punk kid, get your chariot out of the way.... i reached the intersection before you... I am going through first.... move it!" Who said this?

a)

Oedipus

b)

Theseus

c)

Laius

d)

Theseus

87.

Who told Cadmus to abandon his search for Europa?

a)

Telephassa

b)

Apollo

c)

Boeotia

d)

Dionysus

88.

What happened to Oedipus when he learned the truth?

a)

he returned to Corinth

b)

he poked out his eyes

c)

he jumped off a cliff

d)

he hanged himself

89.

From where did Pentheus watch the estatic women?

a)

from a chariot

b)

from a bear's cave

c)

from a tree

d)

on the shoulders of Dionysus

90.

Who made Semele suspicious of her boyfriend?

a)

Juno

b)

Venus

c)

Harmonia

d)

Pentheus

91.

Who had to sow dragon-teeth?

a)

Cadmus

b)

Theseus

c)

Minos

d)

Actaeon

92.

Who was sent into exile out of her city?

a)

Jocasta

b)

Europa

c)

Agave

d)

Aethra