Part four—multiple-choice questions
Directions: Select the best answer to the following questions.
IN THE BEGINNING
23. What did Prometheus steal from Mt. Olympus to give to man?
A. earth
B. wind
C. fire
D. apples
24. What did Prometheus take away from mankind and give them in return?
A. He took away women and gave them hope.
B. He took away all knowledge of the future and gave them blind hope.
C. He took away hope and gave them knowledge.
D. He took away happiness and gave them fire.
E. None of the above.
25. Name the home of the Greek Gods.
A. Athens
B. Olympia Fields
C. Mt. Olympus
D. Elysian Fields
26. Who became the mother of all women upon the earth?
A. Pandora
B. Psyche
C. Aphrodite
D. Atalanta
27. What is the food and drink of the gods?
A. bread and wine
B. olives and Poseidon’s water
c. ambrosia and nectar
D. the gods are not mortal; they do not have to eat
PERSEPHONE & DEMETER
28. Who takes Persephone from Demeter?
A. Hermes
B. Hades
C. Hestia
D. Hera
E. None of the above
29. Why must Persephone return to Tartaros for part of the year?
A. Because she has been cursed by Hera.
B. Because she has been struck by Cupid’s arrow.
C. Because she ate the pomegranate seeds while in Tartaros.
D. Because Zeus said so.
30. The story of Persephone can be seen as an explanation for
A. the change of the seasons.
B. the origin of the world people.
C. why mothers disown at their children.
D. why men are smarter than women.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: Orpheus & Eurydice and The Flood
31. Why does Zeus decide to punish the mortals and destroy them with a flood?
A. Deucalion and Pyrrha had repulsed him so much, that Zeus commanded the flood.
B. Zeus was still angry that the mortals had tricked him by offering a sacrificed lamb without any of the bones.
C. When Zeus visited earth, Lycaon tried to trick him by serving him an innocent man as his meal.
D. None of the above.
32. How was humankind restored after the flood?
A. Epimethus molded them out of clay.
B. Stones were thrown, and they turned into humans.
C. They jumped out of Zeus’ head.
D. They rose from the foam of the sea.
33. Orpheus travels here to find his wife:
A. Mt. Olympus
B. Hades
C. Tartaros
D. Troy
E. Ithaca
34. Orpheus had a special talent for
A. not listening to his wife.
B. playing the harp.
C. making tools from iron.
D. writing poetry.
E. all of the above
35. Why is Orpheus not successful in getting back his wife?
A. He cannot persuade Hades to let her go.
B. He cannot remember the words to his song.
C. Women tear him apart in the forest.
D. He looks back at his wife before they are out of the Underworld.
E. all of the above
36. The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice can be seen as symbolizing
A. the uselessness of seeking to outwit death.
B. the human desire to bring a loved one back from the dead.
C. the desire to become a hero.
D. the foolishness of woman.
E. a and b
OBEDIENCE: Daidalos & Icarus and Helios & Phaethon
37. Why did Icaros fall into the sea?
A. the mist from the sea drenched his wings
B. Minos caught him before he could get high enough into the sky
C. the heat from the sun melted the wax
D. the fire-breathing Minotaur chased after him and scorched him with his breath
38. What happened when Helios allowed his son to drive the chariot?
A. Phaethon successfully drove the chariot across the sky.
B. Phaethon lost control and crashed to the earth.
C. Helios was fired, and Apollo took over as the Sun God.
D. Zeus struck Phaethon with a lightning bolt.
LOVE: Atalanta, Cupid & Psyche, Narcissus & Echo
39. What is Echo’s main quality?
A. Her voice is very soft.
B. She can’t speak.
C. She can only repeat what she hears.
D. She is blind.
40. According to her father’s wishes, the man who could marry Atalanta must first…
A. beat Aphrodite in an arrow shooting contest.
B. create a sacrifice to Aphrodite.
C. beat Icarus in a flying competition.
D. beat Atalanta in a race.
HEROES: Perseus, Theseus and Heracles
41. Which of the following is FALSE about Perseus?
A. He turns Atlas to stone, thereby allowing him to rest.
B. He saves and then marries Andromeda.
C. He attacks and kills the three blind hags.
D. He accidentally killed Acrisos, his grandfather.
42. Perseus is given all of the following gifts, EXCEPT,
A. Hades’ cap.
B. Apollo’s harp.
C. Hermes’ shoes with wings.
D. Athena’s shield.
43. Perseus is conceived when his mother, Danae, is locked alone in a tower and
A. the guards sneak in and visit her.
B. Zeus visits her in a shower of gold.
C. Hades takes her down to the underworld.
D. Zeus visits her disguised as a swan.
44. Theseus receives his “call to destiny”
A. when he is visited by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold.
B. when his mother tells him that he will die gloriously in battle.
C. when he sails away to find his dad.
D. when he is able to life up the giant rock and he finds his father’s sandals and sword.
45. Theseus faces death in his final battle when
A. he fights Procustes the Hammerer.
B. he fights Sinis the Pine-bender.
C. he fights his mother’s suitors.
D. he fights the Minotaur in the labyrinth.
46. How did Theseus find his way back through the labyrinth after he killed the Minotaur?
A. used thread to trace his path
B. was led by Athena to the door
C. made wings from feathers and wax and flew out
D. Ariadne, Minos’ daughter, told him about the secret passage
47. Heracles’s very first feat was when he
A. killed the serpent in his crib.
B. held the world up for Atlas.
C. killed Medusa.
D. saved Persephone from the underworld.
48. Heracles skinned the Nemean Lion
A. by using the sword his father gave to him.
B. through divine assistance from Athena.
C. because the woman named Virtue told him to.
D. by using the lion’s own claws.
49. Which of the following is false?
A. Heracles cleaned the stables of Augeas by reversing the course of two rivers.
B. Heracles knew exactly where to find the Golden Apples.
C. Heracles received help from Athena in killing the Stymphalian birds.
D. Heracles killed his own children.
Which hero killed Procrustes the hammerer?
Odysseus
Heracles
Persues
Theseus
