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A quiz on Heracles / Hercules for OCR Classical Civilisation GCSE.
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1
What did Heracles' do while under Hera's curse?
Murder his children and his wife Megara.
Try to climb Mount Olympus.
Fight Nessus the Centaur.
Complete 12 labours.
2
What happened when he got the cloak of Nessus?
He was tranformed into a centaur like Nessus.
He was poisoned and died.
He was transported to Olympus.
He fell deeply in love with Deianira.
3
Which one of Heracles' labours is being depicted here?
The Lernaean Hydra
The Apples of the Hesperides
The Mares of Diomedes
The Belt of Hippolyte
4
Who is Cacus?
Hercules' servant.
A half-human monster defeated by Hercules.
Hercules' step-brother.
A centaur killed by Hercules.
5
What did Hercules' win by defeating the river god Achelous?
The crown of Hades.
The hand of Deianira of Aitolia
A powerful hammer.
Immortality.
6
What was the name of Heracles' mother?
Dionysus
Alcmene
Megara
Eurystheus
7
Which of these was
not
a labour of Heracles?
The Augean Stables
The Horses of Diomedes
The Nemean Lion
The Arcanian Pegasus
8
Which of these was a labour of Heracles?
The Hisuian Beasts
The Erymanthian Boar
The Goblet of Alexandria
The Peloponnesian Hurdles
9
What happened to Hercules' when he died?
His body was ceiled in a tomb at Olympia.
He was reincarnated as a mortal and founded Rome.
He travelled to the Underworld to be with Megara.
He shed his human form and entered Olympus.
10
What did the Romans know the Greek hero Heracles as?
The Legendary Snake-Strangling, Hydra-Killing Son of the King of the Gods
The Thundering Son
Hercules
Hunkules
11
Which of our prescribed sources describes Heracles' origins?
Homer's Odyssey
Homeric Hymn to Heracles
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Pseudo-Apollodorus's Bibliotheca
12
What did King Eurystheus initially ask Heracles to do to make up for his crime?
Complete twelve labours.
Defeat Hera.
Travel to the Underworld.
Complete ten labours.
13
Which one of Heracles' labours is being depicted here?
The Cattle of Geryon
The Cretan Bull
Cerberus
The Mares of Diomedes
14
How were Heracles' labours celebrated in Olympia?
Columns on Temple of Zeus
Metopes on the Temple of Zeus
Pediment on the Temple of Zeus
Sculptures within Temple of Zeus
15
How did Hera try to eliminate Heracles?
Prolong Alcmene’s pregnancy so she miscarried.
Caused an earthquake to crush infant Heracles.
Sent two snakes to poison Heracles.
Ordered Zeus to kill pregnant Alcmene.
16
Which goddess spread lies about Hercules on Juno's order?
Morpheus
Fake News
Misinformation
Rumor
17
What do Greeks call the divine hero Hercules?
Heracles
Heracules
Zeus
Hercules
18
What did Deianira do when she heard Rumor's lies about Hercules?
Pray to Zeus.
Ask Juno to kill Hercules.
Send Hercules the cloak of Nessus.
Summon the river god Achelous.
19
Which source claims Heracles' founded the Olympic Games?
Diodorus Siculus's Library of History
Pseudo-Apollodorus's Bibliotheca
Virgil's Aeneid
Homeric Hymn to Heracles
20
What temporary curse did Hera put on Heracles?
Madness
Infertility
Blindness
Weakness
