Greek Gods & Titans

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1.What is the special role of Hermes toward the dead?
- A. He guards the gates of sleep
- B. He weaves the threads of life
- C. He guides souls to the underworld
- D. He judges the dead
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He guides souls to the underworld
Did you know? Hermes the psychopomp leads souls down to Hades.
2.According to myth, what material did Prometheus use to model the first humans?
- A. Stone
- B. Corn
- C. Clay
- D. Wood
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Clay
Did you know? Prometheus shaped the first humans from clay.
3.What punishment does Atlas suffer after the Titan war?
- A. He guards the gates of dawn
- B. He holds up the sky forever
- C. He pushes a boulder uphill
- D. He rows Charon's ferry
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He holds up the sky forever
Did you know? Atlas stands at the world's edge bearing the heavens on his shoulders.
4.Which leader sails the Argo in quest of the Golden Fleece?
- A. Jason
- B. Bellerophon
- C. Perseus
- D. Theseus
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Jason
Did you know? Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece ends in Colchis.
5.Which brother of Prometheus accepted Pandora despite warnings?
- A. Cronus
- B. Epimetheus
- C. Atlas
- D. Menoetius
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Epimetheus
Did you know? Epimetheus accepted Pandora, and her jar brought sorrows to the world.
6.How long did the war between the Olympians and the Titans last?
- A. A hundred years
- B. Ten years
- C. One year
- D. Forty years
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Ten years
Did you know? The Titanomachy raged for ten years before the Olympians prevailed.
7.Which rainbow goddess ferries messages between Hera and the world?
- A. Hemera
- B. Nike
- C. Iris
- D. Hebe
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Iris
Did you know? Iris runs on the rainbow's arc as the gods' herald.
8.What did Rhea hand Cronus instead of the baby Zeus?
- A. A lamb
- B. A clay figure
- C. A stone wrapped in swaddling clothes
- D. A golden apple
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A stone wrapped in swaddling clothes
Did you know? Rhea wrapped a stone in cloth, and Cronus swallowed it unknowing.
9.What did the Greek word "chaos" first describe?
- A. A yawning empty gap
- B. A raging storm
- C. A burning cloud
- D. A tangled disorder
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A yawning empty gap
Did you know? Chaos meant the yawning gap before the world's ordering.
10.Why did Cronus swallow his own children?
- A. They had stolen his sickle
- B. A prophecy said one would overthrow him
- C. He wanted to rule alone
- D. Gaia ordered the punishment
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A prophecy said one would overthrow him
Did you know? Cronus swallowed each child because a prophecy foretold his overthrow by a son.
11.Which sorceress helps Jason win the fleece and tames the fire-breathing bulls?
- A. Pasiphaë
- B. Hecate
- C. Medea
- D. Circe
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Medea
Did you know? Medea's potions let Jason yoke the bulls and lull the fleece's dragon.
12.Which one-eyed smiths forged Zeus's thunderbolt?
- A. The Hecatoncheires
- B. The Giants
- C. The Titans
- D. The Cyclopes
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The Cyclopes
Did you know? The Cyclopes forged Zeus's thunderbolt after their release from Tartarus.
13.Which serpent did Apollo slay at Delphi to found his oracle?
- A. Python
- B. Hydra
- C. Echidna
- D. Ladon
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Python
Did you know? Apollo's Pythian Games honored his victory over Python.
14.Which primordial sky god did Cronus overthrow with a sickle?
- A. Oceanus
- B. Coeus
- C. Uranus
- D. Hyperion
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Uranus
Did you know? Cronus castrated Uranus with a sickle at Gaia's urging.
15.Which goddess drives the moon's chariot through the night sky?
- A. Eos
- B. Nyx
- C. Artemis
- D. Selene
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Selene
Did you know? Selene's moon chariot draws her white steeds across the night.
16.Which seven sisters, daughters of Atlas, shine as a star cluster?
- A. The Hyades
- B. The Pleiades
- C. The Muses
- D. The Hesperides
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The Pleiades
Did you know? The Pleiades wept for their sisters the Hyades in the starry tale.
17.Which swift-footed heroine loses a race only by golden apples?
- A. Atalanta
- B. Penthesilea
- C. Ariadne
- D. Hippolyta
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Atalanta
Did you know? Hippomenes dropped the golden apples that stole Atalanta's lead.
18.Which Greek primordial goddess personifies the night?
- A. Selene
- B. Nyx
- C. Eos
- D. Hemera
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Nyx
Did you know? Nyx, dread Night, awes even Zeus in the old poems.
19.Which hero rides Pegasus against the fire-breathing Chimera?
- A. Jason
- B. Perseus
- C. Bellerophon
- D. Theseus
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Bellerophon
Did you know? Bellerophon caught Pegasus with Athena's bridle and shot down the Chimera.
20.Whose hundred eyes watch over Io for Hera?
- A. Ladon
- B. Talos
- C. Cerberus
- D. Argus Panoptes
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Argus Panoptes
Did you know? Hermes lulled Argus's hundred eyes shut with tales and a flute.
21.Which hunter did Artemis turn into a stag for seeing her bathing?
- A. Orion
- B. Theseus
- C. Perseus
- D. Actaeon
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Actaeon
Did you know? Artemis turned Actaeon into a stag, and his own hounds tore him apart.
22.Which hundred-headed storm giant was Zeus's final challenge after the Titans?
- A. Geryon
- B. Enceladus
- C. Typhon
- D. Polyphemus
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Typhon
Did you know? Zeus buried Typhon under Mount Etna after a earth-shaking duel.
23.What golden fluid runs in a Greek god's veins?
- A. Ichor
- B. Golden honey
- C. Molten gold
- D. Nectar
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Ichor
Did you know? The wounded god bled ichor, the immortal's blood.
24.Which hundred-headed dragon guards the golden apples in Hera's garden?
- A. Cerberus
- B. Python
- C. Ladon
- D. Colchis dragon
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Ladon
Did you know? The sleepless Ladon coiled about the apple tree of the Hesperides.
25.Which huntress heroine helped slay the Calydonian boar?
- A. Atalanta
- B. Deianira
- C. Hippolyta
- D. Artemis
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Atalanta
Did you know? Atalanta's arrow drew first blood from the Calydonian boar.
26.Which nymph was turned into a bear and set among the stars as Ursa Major?
- A. Io
- B. Callisto
- C. Semele
- D. Daphne
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Callisto
Did you know? Hera's jealousy set Callisto the bear wheeling in the northern sky.

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