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Greek mythology multiple choice
Answer these questions about Greek mythology.
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Last updated: March 21, 2019
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| First submitted | March 19, 2019 |
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1. Who slew the Minotaur?
Heracles
Minos
Perseus
Theseus
2. Whose mother bathed them in the River Styx as an infant, while holding them by the heel?
Ajax
Achilles
Diomedes
Odysseus
3. Who was doomed to be chained to a rock for eternity and have an eagle eat their liver every day?
Atlas
Sisyphus
Orpheus
Prometheus
4. Which Titan was the goddess of memory and mother of the Muses?
Tethys
Themis
Hera
Mnemosyne
5. Which goddess was obliged to spend part of every year in the underworld because Hades tricked her into eating pomegranate seeds?
Persephone
Calliope
Aphrodite
Demeter
6. Why was Arachne transformed into a spider?
Hera got mad because Zeus seduced her
She stole the loom of one of the three Fates
She pridefully challenged Athena to a weaving contest
She refused Apollo's amorous advances
7. Who refused to marry anyone, unless they could beat her in a foot race?
Nausicaa
Atalanta
Eurydice
Penelope
8. Who flew too close to the sun on wings made of feathers and wax?
Aegeus
Pericles
Icarus
Daedalus
9. Who was the twin half-brother of Castor?
Iolaus
Pollux
Nestor
Laërtes
10. Which of these is not true of the sorceress Medea?
She gained her powers by killing her aunt Circe
She killed two of her own children after Jason spurned her
She used her magic to help Jason obtain the Golden Fleece
Her grandfather was the sun god Helios
11. Who was Polyphemus?
Father of the Titan Cronus
The king of the centaurs
A general for the Greeks in the Trojan War
A cyclops that was blinded by Odysseus
12. Which of these was NOT a child of Zeus?
Perseus
Heracles
Helen of Troy
Asclepius
13. Who was born by emerging fully grown from Zeus's head?
Hermes
Ares
Hephaestus
Athena
14. Which goddess is a virgin who swore never to marry?
Demeter
Aphrodite
Artemis
Athena
15. How did Odysseus avoid being drowned by the Sirens?
He had his men tie him to the ship's mast and plug their ears with beeswax
He and his men swam underwater so they could not hear them
He had his crew drown them out by playing louder music
He prayed to Athena to block his ears
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5 Comments
jf15
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Level 63
Nov 11, 2021
Prometheus was only doomed to stay there until a son of Zeus came to rescue him.
HeyItsMeJJ
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Level 64
Nov 27, 2021
Athena was also a virgin goddess.
ItzIngenious
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Level 66
Jan 8, 2023
Only in Roman mythology would that clue apply, I think.
notlucinda
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Level 62
May 22, 2024
no
InterAlia
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Level 79
Jan 22, 2023
Apparently no one knows the answer to Q12. The results with almost 2000 takes are worse than random chance (23%).
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