Victoria Weiss Moorpark High School
Greek Mythology Pretest
The Gods & Titans
1. Aphrodite
2. Apollo
3. Ares
4. Artemis
5. Athena
6. Bacchus
7. Demeter
8. Hades
9. Hephaestus
10. Hermes
11. Hera
12. Hestia
13. Pan
14. Poseidon
15. Prometheus
16. Zeus
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m)
n)
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god of drunken revelry and death; rebirth
god of healing, fine arts, manly beauty, the sun
god of the dead and all wealth beneath the earth
god of the fields, outdoors, shepherds
god of the sea
god of war
goddess of the dawn (rosy-fingered)
goddess of fertility, grain, agriculture, harvest
goddess of home and hearth
goddess of love and beauty
goddess of the moon and of the hunt
goddess of wisdom, born of Zeus
goddess of victory
king of the gods
lame god who makes armor and weapons for gods
messenger of the gods (wings on heels and cap)
queen of the gods; wife of Zeus
Titan who gave man fire
The mortals (some are part god)
a) Athenian hero – his father placed his shoes and sword under a massive rock
17. Achilles
b) blood-red flowers bloom where his blood touches the ground
18. Adonis
c) boatman who ferries souls of the dead across the Styx River
19. Aeneas
d) chose Aphrodite as “the fairest,” thus causing the Trojan War
20. Bellerophon
e) fell in love with his own reflection
21. Daedalus
f) first woman-beautiful, possessed a lively-curiosity
22. Hercules
g) great architect, built the Labyrinth
23. Hyacinth
h) Greek hero whose only weakness was his heel
24. Jason
i) Greek hero who was sent to complete 12 Labors
25. Narcissus
j) king condemned to roll a rock up a hill forever
26. Pandora
k) sent to kill the Chimaera
27. Paris
l) sent to get the Golden Fleece
m) son of Apollo, set the Earth on fire when he drove his father’s chariot too
28. Phaethon
close to the Earth
29. Theseus
n) the Trojan Odysseus
o) the West Wind was jealous of the love he received from Apollo and killed
him
The Monsters/Evil Creatures
a) female monster with snaky-locks and stony gaze
30. Cerberus
b) giants with one eye in their foreheads
31. Chimaera
c) half-man, half-bull
32. Cyclops
d) part goat, lion, and snake
33. Gorgons
e) Three dragon-like creatures with wings & snaky hair
34. Minotaur
f)
three headed dog that guards the gates of Hades
Greek Mythology Quest
FORM A
Others
35. Amazons
36. Centaur
37. Nymphs
38. Io
39. Pegasus
40. Satyrs
41. Otus
a)
b)
c)
d)
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f)
g)
h)
beautiful white horse with wings
half-man, half-horse
half-man, half-goat
Hera turned this nymph into a cow/heifer
one of the twins who believed he was superior to the gods
part lion, part woman with wings
woodland spirits who looked like beautiful girls
warlike women
True or False
42. Zeus had a raven for his bird and a pine for his tree
43. The Muses responsibility was to inspire the uneducated to learn.
Multiple Choice:
44. The boy who rode on Pegasus’s back and slew the Chimaera was (A) Hades (B) Phaeton (C)
Bellerophon (D) Theseus
45. Eris, threw a(n) _____ into the gods’ banquet hall labeled “for the fairest” (A) Orange (B) Apple
(C) Pomegranate (D) Peach
46. This goddess tricks the twins, who believe they are superior to the gods, to kill each other (A)
Athena (B) Artemis (C) Aphrodite
Provide the Roman Name for the Greek Deity
47. Zeus
48. Poseidon
49. Hades
50. Aphrodite