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a. Bird c. Lion
b. Goat d. Snake
2. We helped Zeus overcome his father by forging his thunderbolts. Who are we?
a. Cercopes c. Hecatoncheires
b. Cyclopes d. Titans
3. Which god sent a bull to Minerva and grew angry when Minos failed to sacrifice it as
promised?
a. Ares c. Poseidon
b. Hades d. Zeus
a. Calliope c. Calypso
b. Callisto d. Camilla
a. Achelous c. Nereus
b. Alcaeon d. Nessus
7. According to Apollodorus, Hetacles “chased the beast from the thicket with loud cries;
and thrusting it exhausted into deep snow, he trapped it in a noose, and took it to
Mycenae.” Identify the beast.
8. Ovid calls me the “mother of the winged horse,” and says that I “knew Neptune when I
was a winged bird.” Who I am?
a. Celaeno c. Medusa
b. Euryale d. Thetis
9. Which of the following birds does NOT appear in the story of Procne and Philomela?
a. dove c. nigthtingale
b. hoopoe d. swallow
10. The giant Otus and Ephialtes, in an attempt to overthrow the gods,
a. Imprisoned the gods in Tartarus.
b. Piled Mt. ossa.
c. Stole nectar and ambrosia
d. Tricked the godsinto eating human flesh.
11. We are man-eating creatures infesting a region around Lake Stymphalus. What are
we?
a. Birds c. Harpies
b. Griffins d. Horses
12. Arachne was turned into a spider because she boasted that she could better than
Minerva.
a. Fight c. Sing
b. Hunt d. Weave
13. The Myrmidons, a race sprung from ants on the island of Aegina, were followers of?
a. Achilles c. Hector
b. Diomedes d. Menelaus
a. Athens. c. Mycenae.
b. Corinth. d. Thebes.
a. Cerberus c. Sphinx
b. Hydra d. Typhon
17. I was tamed by Athena, who gave me first to the Musses and later to Ballerophon.
Who am I?
a. Chimaera c. Ladon
b. Chiron d. Pegasus
18. What children of Gaea and Uranus guarded the Titans in Tartarus?
a. Centaurs c. Furies
b. Cyclopes d. Hecatoncheires
19. What did the dog Argus do when he saw his master after twenty year’s separation?
20. Actaeon was transformed into a stag and devoured by his own hunting dogs because
he?
21. The wisest and most famous of all the centaurs was?
a. Charon c. Chrysaor
b. Chiron d. Coeus
22.To pass safely through domain of the Sirens, what did Odysseys do?
a. Attack and dismembered them
b. Had himself bound to the mast of his ship
c. Jumped overboard with his men
d. Plugged his earwax
23.It is appropriate that the Furies avenge violence against kin because they were?
a. Attacked by their own sons for fighting on Titans’ side
b. Born from Uranus blood after Cronus mutilated him
c. Cut up by their uncle and served to their father
d. Illegitimate children of Zeus whom Hera tormented
24.How long did Heracles chase the stag with the golden horns before he was able to
capture it?
25.You can find the dragon Ladon guarding the apples of the Hesperides
a. Beside the Colossus of Rhodes
b. Beyond the pillars of Hercules
c. Down the Nile towards Ethiopia
d. Near the lighthouse of Alexandria
26.Perseus held our one eye ransom on the way to kill Medusa. Who are we?
a. Cyclopes c. Graeae
b. Fates d. Harpies
a. Ants c. Birds
b. Bees d. Mice
33.The Aragonauts successfully drove away the Harpies because Zetes and Calais
a. Cecrops c. Erectheus
b. Chiron d. Polyphemus
36.Who of the following was not threatened by a creature from the sea?
a. Andromeda c. Hippolytus
b. Cassandra d. Laoccon
39.When Oedipus met the Sphinz on his way to Thebes, the creature screeched and
demanded that he?
a. Andromeda c. Arethusa
b. Arachne d. Ariadne
43. Armed with no weapon but his hand, Heracles overcome what thre-headed guardian?
a. Argos c. Hydra
b. Cerberus d. Python
44.When Arion jumped into the sea to escape sailors who wanted to kill him, he was?
a. Diana c. Minerva
b. Juno d. Vesta
48.When Aeneas made his journey to the underworld, he met his father Anchises.
a. At the palace of Pluto
b. In the Elysian field
c. On the banks of Acheron
d. On the banks of the Cocytus
49. When the Olympian gods swore an oath by the ___, it was binding
50.According to Ovid, when Orpheus “ sang and plucked his lyre … Ixion’s ___ stood
entranced and amazed.”
a. Boat c. Feet
b. Companion d. Wheel
51.I am the goddess of youthful beauty, the daughter of Zeus and Hera, and the wife of
Heracles. Who am I?
a. Deianeira c. Ione
b. Hebe d. Megara
52. Vergil describes ____ as “yawning steeply downwards in the dark, twice as far as is our
upward view to Olympus.”
a. Bellerophon c. Icarus
b. Diomedes d. Phaethon
a. Bronze c. Horn
b. Gold d. Ivory
57.Which of the following best describes the personality of the queen of Olympus?
a. Humble c. Joyful
b. Jealous d. Timid
58.Vergil is referring to ____ when he writes “ unaided, he poles the boat, tends the sails,
and in his murky craft conveys the dead”
a. Charon c. Coronis
b. Chiron d. Creon
61.Because I was the greatest physician who ever lived, my father brought me to Mt.
Olympus and made me the god of medicine after my death. Who am i?
a. Apollo c. Astyanax
b. Asclepius d. Autolycus
62.When psyche returned from the underworld and opened the box supposedly containing
Proserpina’s beauty, she found a ?
a. Anchises c. Dido
b. Creusa d. Palinurus
65.Hermes, the guide to the underworld, was also known as the god of?
a. Aeacus c. Rhadamanthus
b. Midas d. Sarpedon
a. Dove c. Owl
b. Eagle d. Peacock
70.According to Ovid, this Olympian god says “ I am the lord of Delphi’s land.. Jove is my
father. Through me, all is revealed: what’s yet to be, what was, and what now is.”
a. Apollo c. Mercury
b. Cupid d. Neptune
71. I followed my best friend on a foolhardy quest to fetch Persephone from the
underworld. Who am I ?
a. Admetus c. Dionysus
b. Cupid d. Poseidon
72. I was sent to Tartarus for attacking Leto. Who am i?
a. Corynetes c. Sinis
b. Ixion d. Tityus
73.Although the Olympians were invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, Eris, the
goddess of discord, was not, she showed her anger by?
a. Cursing the bride and groom
b. Give the bride poison drink
c. Throwing a golden apple into the festivities
d. Vowing to steal the couple’s firstborn son
74. The Eleusinian Mysteries were celebrated in honor of?
a. Artemis c. Dionysus
b. Demeter d. Hermes
75.The Sibyl told Aeneas to find a ___ in order to gain entry to the underworld.
a. Tentalus c. Thyestes
b. Teiresias d. Titysus
78.Although I am the son of a Titan Iapetus, I fought on the side of Olympians in their war
with the Titans. Who am I?
a. Ephialtes c. Prometheus
b. Menoetius d. Themis
79.According to Homer, ____ said “I’d rather be another’s hired hand, working for some
poor man who owns no land than to rule over all whom death has crushed.”
a. Achilles c. Ajax
b. Agamemnon d. Atreus
a. Dis c. Liber
b. Hades d. Pluto
82. What mortal went to the underworld alive and never returned to Earth?
a. Aeneas c. Jason
b. Heracles d. Pirithous
83.Eating from which fruit ensured that Persephone would return to the underworld?
a. Apple c. Grape
b. Fig d. Pomegranate
a. Echidna c. Poseidon
b. Orthrus d. Typhon
85.The cave through which Aeneas and Sibyl descended into the underworld is located
near?
a. Carthage c. Crete
b. Corinth d. Cumae
86. The love affair between Aphrodite and Ares was revealed to all when her husband,
Hephaestus,
a. Found them in a cave
b. Had the cyclopes spy on them
c. Intercepted their love letters
d. Trapped them in a net
87. What body of water in the border of the underworld produced such foul-smelling
vapors that no birds could fly over it?
a. All-father c. Earth-shaker
b. Cloud-gatherer d. Loud-thunderer
89.The murderer ___ ascended to Mt. Olympus to be purified, but once there he
attempted to seduce Hera.
a. Alcmaeon c. Ixion
b. Atreus d. Pelops
90.Heracles went to Olympus as a god after he?
a. Ares c. Hestia
b. Athena d. Zeus
92. Which Olympian deity competed with Athena to become protectors of Athens?
a. Apollo c. Dionysus
b. Cupid d. Poseidon
a. Eros c. Helios
b. Ares d. Hades
a. Athena c. Artemis
b. Demeter d. Aphrodite
95. Zeus had many love-affairs, but whom was he married to?
a. Persephone c. Helen
b. Hera d. Hebe
a. Love c. Athens
b. the Sea d. the Forest
a. Melpomene c. Hephaestos
b. Minos d. Demete
a. Erato c. Urania
b. Thallia d. Dione
ANSWER KEY
1. D 39.A 77.C
2. B 40.C 78.A
3. C 41.C 79.D
4. B 42.D 80.C
5. B 43.B 81.D
6. A 44.B 82.D
7. B 45.C 83.D
8. C 46.A 84.D
9. A 47.C 85.D
10.B 48.B 86.C
11.A 49.B 87.C
12.D 50.D 88.C
13.A 51.B 89.B
14.A 52.D 90.B
15.A 53.A 91.C
16.D 54.A 92.D
17.D 55.A 93.B
18.D 56.D 94.D
19.C 57.B 95.C
20.D 58.A 96.A
21.B 59.D 97.B
22.B 60.B 98.D
23.B 61.B 99.D
24.B 62.B 100. A
25.B 63.C
26.C 64.C
27.D 65.D
28.A 66.D
29.B 67.C
30.B 68.A
31.A 69.A
32.A 70.A
33.B 71.D
34.A 72.D
35.A 73.C
36.B 74.B
37.B 75.A
38.C 76.A