2. Perseus was famous for killing ___________, a Gorgon whose gaze could turn a man to stone.
(a) Hades.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Medea.
(d) Medusa.

3. ______________ was the god of the sea and brother of Zeus.
(a) Poseidon/Neptune.
(b) Hera/Juno.
(c) Hades/Pluto.
(d) Zeus/Jupiter.

4. Achilles could not stand the slight to his honor that Agamemnon brought about by ______________.
(a) Claiming his wife.
(b) Claiming his property.
(c) Claiming his daughter.
(d) Claiming his slave-girl.

5. Hesiod's _______________ is another main source, which asked questions about the origins of things.
(a) Monogamy.
(b) Theology.
(c) Theogony.
(d) Meogony.

6. Why did Hercules kill his wife and children?
(a) He was framed for the killing of his family.
(b) He was evil.
(c) Hera had put him under a spell.
(d) He was tortured into killing them.

7. Out of this came Night and Death, then Light, followed by Earth (_________) and Heaven (Ouranos, or Uranus).
(a) Xenophon.
(b) Gala.
(c) Ephesus.
(d) Parmenides.

8. How was Achilles killed by Paris?
(a) Paris shot an arrow into Achilles' heel.
(b) Paris stabbed him in the heart.
(c) Paris shot Achilles in the heart with an arrow.
(d) Paris stabbed Achilles' heel with his sword.

9. ____________ was the god of light, archery, music, culture, healing, and prophecy.
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Athena.

10. Persephone was enchanted by Orpheus' music, and Hades agreed to release Eurydice, on what condition?
(a) Orpheus must not look back at her until she was in the land of the living again.
(b) Orpheus must never touch her.
(c) Orpheus must not touch her until she was in the land of the living again.
(d) Orpheus must not ever look upon her.

11. Theseus was honored by the Athenians as a protector of _____________ and a great king of their city.
(a) The sick.
(b) The poor.
(c) Children.
(d) The defenseless.

12. ________________ was the hero who rode the famous winged horse Pegasus, whom Athena helped him to catch.
(a) Babrius.
(b) Barnabe.
(c) Bellerophon.
(d) Bion of Smyrna

13. ____________ was the goddess of love, who was said to have been born from the foam of the sea.
(a) Athena/Minerva.
(b) Aphrodite/Venus.
(c) Artemis/Diana.
(d) Hera/Juno.

14. Perseus was the son of Zeus and whom?
(a) Venus.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Hera.
(d) A mortal woman.

15. Phaёthon was the son of the Sun-god ____________.
(a) Agathon.
(b) Hermesianax.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Helios.

Short Answer Questions

1. The heroes of the Trojan War, also called __________ heroes, were slightly different from the older mythological heroes such as Hercules, Perseus and Theseus.

2. The Greeks created their gods in whose image?

3. What did Medea do to the daughter of the king of Corinth?

4. Jason was the hero who set out to retrieve the Golden Fleece from whom?

5. The abduction of Helen began a _____ year war between Greece and Troy, with many heroes on both sides.

(see the answer keys)

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