WorksheetsChapter 1&3 - Mythology
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What did the ancient Greeks think was at the beginning of thing?
a)
They thought Cosmos, or a mix of everything was at the beginning.
b)
They thought it was water, the gift of life.
c)
They thought it was eternity.
d)
They thought it was Chaos, or formless confusion at the beginning.
2.
What did love create?
a)
Night and the stars
b)
Erebus
c)
Light and Day
d)
Earth
3.
Which of the following does not describe Cronus?
a)
He is a giant.
b)
He wounded his father Heaven, because his mother Earth asked him to.
c)
He became Lord of the universe and ruled with his sister, Rhea.
d)
Cronus ate five of his six children because he knew on day one of them would dethrone him.
4.
What did Prometheus give men to protect them?
a)
language
b)
reason
c)
love
d)
fire
5.
Which of the following does NOT describe Pandora?
a)
Zeus intended her to be beautiful, but an evil to man.
b)
She was the first woman and she was lovely.
c)
Her name means "full of Evil and Sorrow."
d)
Zeus created her to punish mankind for tricking him into accepting the fat and bones of sacrificed animals.
6.
How did Zeus punish Prometheus?
a)
He sent him to a small island. He could only stand up or crouch down because it was so small.
b)
Prometheus has to stand in a place between night and day and hold the world on his back forever.
c)
Prometheus was bound to a rock. Every day an eagle would come down and eat his liver.
d)
Prometheus was forced to push a boulder up a mountain every day. Every day once he got close to the top, it would roll back down.
7.
The first 'race' of men created by the Greek Gods:
a)
Gold
b)
Diamond
c)
Bronze
d)
Iron
8.
Which of the following is NOT a type of folk literature?
a)
myths
b)
fairy tales
c)
sonnets
d)
fables
9.
Myths which tell how the world and human beings came to be.
a)
creation myth
b)
origin myth
c)
monster myth
d)
hero myth
10.
Which character from creation myths has 'stood throughout all the centuries, from Greek days to our own, as that of the great rebel against injustice...'
a)
Chiron
b)
Zeus
c)
Cronus
d)
Prometheus
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