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The Ages of Man

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What ended the Golden Age?

a)

A massive flood

b)

Zeus overcame the Titans

c)

Saturn destroyed the humans

d)

The season of spring ended

2.

Which age did Hesiod live in?

a)

The Bronze Age

b)

The Silver Age

c)

The Iron Age

d)

The Golden Age

3.

When was the year divided into four seasons?

a)

The Bronze Age

b)

The Iron Age

c)

The Golden Age

d)

The Silver Age

4.

In which age were men made by Zeus out of ash trees?

a)

The Bronze Age

b)

The Silver Age

c)

The Age of Heroes

d)

The Iron Age

5.

Which age did childhood last 100 years?

a)

The Silver Age

b)

The Bronze Age

c)

The Iron Age

d)

The Age of Heroes

6.

Which age had strong and warlike humans?

a)

The Age of Heroes

b)

The Bronze Age

c)

The Golden Age

d)

The Iron Age

7.

Why did Zeus make humans less intelligent in the Silver Age?

a)

He wanted to punish humans for disrespecting him

b)

He did not want to repeat the peace of the Golden Age

c)

He wanted men to be inferior to the gods

d)

He wanted to have better soldiers

8.

In which age were men created naturally selfish and evil?

a)

The Silver Age

b)

The Bronze Age

c)

The Golden Age

d)

The Iron Age

9.

The ages progressively get more happy and peaceful throughout time.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What is the Golden Age known for?

a)

No unhappiness, forever Spring

b)

It is the age we currently are in

c)

It was ruled by Zeus

d)

Myths like Hercules and Perseus happened then

11.

The Age of Heroes was ended through great wars like the Trojan War.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Hesiod was

a)

a Roman philosopher and farmer

b)

a Greek shepherd and poet

c)

one of the nine muses

d)

responsible for the end of the Golden age

13.

Which flood ended the Bronze age?

a)

The flood of Pandora

b)

The flood of Orpheus

c)

The flood of Cronus

d)

The flood of Deucalion

14.

In which age was farming developed as a result of the four seasons?

a)

The silver age

b)

The bronze age

c)

The iron age

d)

The golden age

15.

Who inspired Hesiod to write the epic poem about the Ages of Man?

a)

Oedipus

b)

Medusa

c)

The Muses

d)

Ovid