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Mythical Creatures of Ancient Greece

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Minotaur has the

a)

head of a strawberry, the body of a scarecrow

b)

the head of a bull, the body of a man

c)

The head of a bull, the body of a bird

d)

The head of a woman, the body of a snake

2.

_____ killed Minotaur

a)

Theseus

b)

Athens

c)

Pizza

d)

Ariadne

3.

Minotaur lived in a

a)

boat

b)

mansion

c)

maze

d)

condominium

4.

Theseus loved Ariadne

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The Minotaur would eat

a)

pizza and cookies

b)

horses

c)

sirens

d)

seven girls and seven boys

6.

Myths are

a)

true stories

b)

fantasy stories

c)

facts

d)

expensive

7.

Medusa was

a)

a Gorgon

b)

a princess

c)

a beautiful woman

d)

a worker at mcDonald's

8.

Medusa could

a)

fly

b)

sing beautiful songs

c)

turn men to stone

d)

could live forever

9.

Who killed Medusa

a)

Athena

b)

Perseus

c)

One Punch Man

d)

Zeus

10.

Why did the evil king send Perseus to kill Medusa?

a)

Because he wanted Perseus to be a hero

b)

Because he was afraid of Medusa

c)

Because he thought Medusa would turn Perseus to stone

d)

To buy tamales from Medusa

11.

Medusa's hair was made of

a)

Snakes

b)

Spaghetti

c)

String

d)

Slime

12.

The death of Medusa was believed to represent....

a)

the end of the people

b)

the end of a drought

c)

the end of Greece

d)

the end of YouTube

13.

The two creatures that came from Medusa's body were

a)

a duck and a goose

b)

a minotaur and centaur

c)

a lion and a mouse

d)

a pegasus and a winged boar

14.

Centaurs had

a)

the head of a human and the body of a horse

b)

the head of a human and the body of a snake

c)

the head of a snake and the body of a bird

d)

the head of a lion and the body of a mouse

15.

Zeus tricked Ixion with

a)

A cloud shaped like a car

b)

A cloud shaped like a shoe

c)

A cloud shaped like his wife

d)

A cloud shaped like a pizza

16.

Ixion

a)

fell in love with the cloud

b)

fell out of bed

c)

fell of a chair

d)

fell on a sword

17.

The cloud gave birth to

a)

thunder

b)

lightning

c)

rain

d)

a centaur

18.

Zeus punished Ixion by

a)

making him spin around on a wheel forever

b)

making him dress like a clown

c)

throwing rocks at him

d)

putting him in jail

19.

Sirens

a)

have snakes instead of hair

b)

have women's' heads and bird bodies

c)

wear boots

d)

cook spaghetti on Sundays

20.

The maids of Persephone were turned into

a)

sirens

b)

stone

c)

cars

d)

centaurs

21.

Sirens settled on

a)

a boat

b)

a tree

c)

a continent

d)

an island

22.

Sirens

a)

shop at the mall

b)

sing beautiful songs

c)

go to high school

d)

date centaurs

23.

Sirens

a)

sing to lure birds

b)

sing to lure Zeus

c)

sing to lure sailors

d)

sing to lure the minotaur

24.

Typhon had

a)

wings, snake legs, and 100 heads

b)

an old car

c)

a siren as his girlfriend

d)

the head of a woman, the body of a bird

25.

Typhon represented

a)

Fire

b)

Space

c)

Forces of nature

d)

Time

26.

Typhon was defeated by

a)

the minotaur

b)

a centaur

c)

Medusa

d)

Zeus

27.

The Greeks blamed Typhon for

a)

strong seas

b)

strong winds

c)

strong coffee

d)

strong men

28.

Zeus locked Typhon up

a)

in jail

b)

in space

c)

under Earth

d)

on the Sun

29.

Pictures, captions, bold print, subtitles, charts, and graphs are text features

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Text features

a)

make it easier to find and understand the information

b)

cheat on tests

c)

give you restroom passes

d)

are not helpful