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Labors of Hercules Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the first labor of Hercules?

a)

Slaying the Lernaean Hydra

b)

Slaying the Nemean Lion

c)

Capturing the Erymanthian boar

d)

Cleaning the Augean stables

2.

How did Hercules defeat the Lernaean Hydra?

a)

By cutting off all its heads

b)

By using fire to cauterize its necks

c)

By trapping it in thick snow

d)

By wrestling it into submission

3.

What was the sacred animal that Hercules had to catch alive?

a)

The Nemean Lion

b)

The Ceryneian Hind

c)

The Erymanthian boar

d)

The Stymphalian birds

4.

How did Hercules clean the Augean stables?

a)

By shooting the Stymphalian birds down

b)

By wrestling King Diomedes into submission

c)

By rerouting two nearby rivers to flow through the stables

d)

By using a special rattle to frighten the birds

5.

What was the ninth labor of Hercules?

a)

Stealing the red cattle from Geryon

b)

Slaying the Nemean Lion

c)

Capturing the Erymanthian boar

d)

Obtaining the belt of Hippolyta

6.

What did Hercules have to retrieve from Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons?

a)

A magical belt

b)

A golden apple

c)

A lion's hide

d)

A herd of red cattle

7.

What was the tenth labor of Hercules?

a)

Stealing the red cattle from Geryon

b)

Obtaining the belt of Hippolyta

c)

Capturing the Erymanthian boar

d)

Slaying the Nemean Lion

8.

How did Hercules defeat the Stymphalian birds?

a)

By cutting off all their heads

b)

By using a special rattle to frighten them

c)

By using fire to cauterize their necks

d)

By trapping them in thick snow

9.

What did Hercules have to steal from Geryon, the giant with three heads and three bodies?

a)

A golden apple

b)

A herd of red cattle

c)

A lion's hide

d)

A magical belt

10.

What did Hercules have to retrieve from the garden of the Hesperides nymphs?

a)

A golden apple

b)

A magical belt

c)

A herd of red cattle

d)

A lion's hide

11.

What was the second labor of Hercules?

a)

Capturing the Cretan Bull

b)

Slaying the Lernaean Hydra

c)

Obtaining the belt of Hippolyta

d)

Stealing the red cattle from Geryon

12.

What did Hercules have to capture from the island of Crete?

a)

A golden apple

b)

A magical belt

c)

A herd of red cattle

d)

The Cretan Bull

13.

How did Hercules capture the Cretan Bull?

a)

By wrestling it into submission

b)

By using a special rattle to frighten it

c)

By trapping it in thick snow

d)

By using fire to cauterize its necks

14.

How did Hercules capture the Erymanthian Boar?

a)

By wrestling it into submission

b)

By using a special rattle to frighten it

c)

By trapping it in thick snow

d)

By using fire to cauterize its necks

15.

What did Hercules have to bring back from the Underworld as one of his labors?

a)

The three-headed dog, Cerberus

b)

A golden apple

c)

A magical belt

d)

A herd of red cattle