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1
What lesson can be learned from the Greek Myth titled Daedalus & Icarus?
Listen to your parents
Control your temper
Winter is cold
Think before you speak
2
Paris chose Aphrodite/Venus as the fairest because she promised him...
glory and renown in war
the most beautiful mortal woman
money and power
3
When Hades took me away to the underworld, crops stopped growing. Who am I?
Atalanta
Arachne
Demeter
Persephone
4
Zeus/Jupiter declined to say which goddess was the "fairest". Who did he tell the goddesses to ask instead?
Apollo
Odysseus
Paris
Ares
5
Ancient Greeks believe I created all the animals on earth out of river clay... who am I?
Hades
Zeus
Epimetheus
Prometheus
6
What is explained in the story of Prometheus?
Where spiders come from
How Athens got its name
How the Nile river was formed
Where fire came from
7
Atalanta was desired by men willing to give their lives to try for her hand in marriage.
True
False
8
Greek myths often....
explain events in nature
are nonfiction
are true
can be seen in movie theaters
9
What event in nature was explained in the story of Persephone?
Listen to your parents
Seasons
Earthquakes
spiders
10
What was Orpheus skilled at doing?
singing
dancing
archery
nothing
11
Where did Orpheus go to save his love Eurydice?
the underworld
the city of Troy
the Elysian fields
the Prison of Azkaban
12
Why did Aphrodite/Venus hate Psyche?
She was jealous of men's attention to Psyche
Psyche had fallen in love with Cupid/Eros
Psyche had stolen Aphrodite's beauty
Psyche had a handsome husband
13
Which one of the following is not a greek God or Goddess?
Hades
Apollo
Atlas
Zeus
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How many tests, or labors, did Hera/Juno make Hercules perform?
20
12
15
7
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What does Hades rule?
The south side
The sea
The skies
The underworld
16
Which goddess created the Apple of Discord?
Athena/Minerva
Eris/Discordia
Hera/Juno
Aphrodite/Venus
17
How did the Greeks enter Troy to win the war?
they never did, they lost the war
they built a giant horse and were inside
they stole Athena's sacred statue
they tricked the guard to let them in
18
What was Daedalus' job for King Minos?
tame his Minotaur
build his palace
build him a set of wings to fly
build a maze
19
Greek gods and goddesses are immortal. That means they
live in Greece
have supernatural powers
never die
Zeus is the king
20
According to Greek mythology, where did the twelve most powerful gods and goddesses live?
Mount Olympus
Mount Vernon
Athens
in the sky
21
Which god gave Pandora the box of evils as a wedding gift and told her not to open it?
Hera
Zeus
Dionysus
Aphrodite
22
What did Hera (Juno) take from Echo?
Her ability to love
Her ability to hear
Her eyesight
Her ability to speak her own words
23
Which god is seen in this picture?
Area
Poseidon
Apollo
Zeus
24
Baucis and Philemon asked to be together forever, even in death. Zeus granted this wish. What happened when they died?
They were ghostly caretakers of a temple.
They went to Tartarus.
They became two intertwined trees.
They didn't die, they became immortal.
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What did Prometheus do for humans that angered Zeus?
taught them to hunt
gave them fire
gave them food
taught them to think
