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The Amazing Greek Mythology Test
Part I. Matching (1 pt.)
___1. Athena
___2. Hephaestus
___3. Demeter
___4. Zeus
___5. Apollo
___6. Artemis
___7. Hera
___8. Hades
___9. Poseidon
___10. Ares
___11. Hermes
___12. Hestia
___13. Dionysius
___14. Aphrodite
___15. Cronus
___16. Rhea
___17. Epimetheus
___18. Gaea
___19. Cyclops
___20. Titans
___21. Olympians
___22. Uranus
___23. Charon
___24. Prometheus
___25. Fates
a. They would be good seamstresses!
b. Children of Cronus who reigned with Zeus on Mt. Olympus.
c. In a jealous rage, she asked for Zeus’s little cow.
d. Had a cap of invisibility
e. She loved the god of war, even though he was a coward!
f. He loved horses.
g. He could see backwards.
h. Banished his father to a distant island in the Atlantic.
i. Stole fire from Hestia’s hearth and gave it to man.
j. Yum! My kids are tasty!
k. Invented the alphabet and watched over thieves.
l. Thrown off Mt. Olympus by his mom or dad. (We don’t know which!)
m. Goddess of virgins.
n. She went to war but only when there was a good reason.
o. God of war, but really a coward!
p. Chased Hermes around Mt. Olympus because his cows were stolen.
q. The ferryman over the River Styx
r. Married to Gaea.
s. The builders of Mt. Olympus
t. Wept for her lost daughter.
u. Cronus and his siblings
v. Sat on a cushion of undyed wool.
w. She wrapped a rock in cloth.
x. Zeus’s son by a Greek woman named Semele.
y. She looked up in the sky and fell in love!
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Part Two (5 pts. a piece)
What lessons could the Greeks have learned from the following stories? Summarize the
story in a line or two and explain the lesson.
1. Echo and Narcissus
2. Pandora and Epimetheus
Part Three (1 pt. a piece)
Some of the vocabulary you have been studying comes directly from stories we’ve read.
Please fill in the blank with the correct word:
Sisyphean, Herculean, Tantalize, Narcissism, Hellenic, Martial, Stygian, Ambrosia,
Atlas, Muse
1. This word comes from a man who pushed a large rock up a hill and then had to
start all over. _____________________
2. A man who does a __________________ task is similar to this son of Zeus.
3. This word comes from the character who served his son up in a stew to the gods
and was then _________________(ed) because of it.
4. ______________________ is self-love to the extreme!
5. This word, ________________, means anything to do with Greek culture coming
from the queen of King Menelaus, King of Sparta.
6. A ______________ inspires us just as the nine did in Greek mythology.
7. ___________ arts are related to war, and the name comes from the Roman
version of the Greek god of war.
8. An ______________ of the world is named after the god who held it up.
9. We might eat food that tastes like ________________, the food of the gods.
10. A dark or gloomy story has a ________________ feel to it just like the River this
word comes from.
Part Three and a Half (5 pts)
When did Greek mythology die? What happened?
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Part Four
Choose 10 to FULLY identify: (2 pts a piece)
Daniad, nymphs, Euridice, lyre, pomegranate seeds, Triptolemus, Orion, Pelops,
Amphitrite, Io, Saturn, Melanion, Danae, Tithonus, Atalanta, Paris, Eris, King of Elis,
Maia, Ascalaphus, Pan, and Perseus, Phaëton, Midas’s barber, Medusa.
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Part Five (2 pts a piece)
Many characters in Greek mythology face consequences because of their actions.
Explain the consequences that each of these characters (and/or others) had to face
because of choices they made: (Don’t retell the whole story!)
1. Paris
2. Eos
3. Hippodamia’s stable boy
4. Midas
5. Persephone and Demeter
Part Six (10 pts.)
Answer the essay question assigned to your class:
1. Fully explain Tartarus including all places one could go when dead. Who leads
you there, who ferries you across, famous criminals you might meet, the
punishers, the king and queen, etc.
2. Please explain the family relationships on Mt. Olympus. Who is the
father/mother of whom? How did they relate? Well or badly? Give examples.
3. Based on your study of Greek mythology, contrast how Greeks tend to see
heroes, relationships, power and success with how American and Christian
culture tends to view them.
4. Compare and contrast the three kings – Sisyphus, Midas and Tantalus.
