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Greek Mythology | 10 Question Humanities Multiple Choice Quiz

Quiz on some of the best people that never existed. Correct me if I'm wrong.

A multiple-choice quiz by heathernicole001. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
heathernicole001

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
38,917

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was Phaethon's mother? Hint

Artemis

Apollo

Clymene

Athena

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which one of the following was said by Apollo to be a beast that could harm Phaethon? Hint

moon

horse

crab

hydra

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who did Heracles ask to light the pyre on fire? Hint

Omphale

Philoctetes

Eurytus

Eurystheus

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where did Heracles have to go in the twelfth labor? Hint

Mt. Olympus

to see Apollo

to see Atlas

the underworld

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Question 5 of 10

5. What color were Hermes' sandals? Hint

pewter

bronze

gold

white

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Question 6 of 10

6. In some versions of the myth, whose permission did Hades ask before capturing Persephone?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who freed Prometheus?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many heads is the Lernean Hydra generally accepted to have? Hint

eight

ten

seven

nine

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who did Zeus have to defeat to become king of the gods? Hint

He didn't defeat anybody

Cronus, the Giants, and the Titans

Hades

His brother, Poseidon

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Question 10 of 10

10. The weaving contest between Arachne and the goddess Athena was never completed to the finish.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was Phaethon's mother?

Answer: Clymene

Apollo was his father. Pallas Athena was the goddess of wisdom, crafts, etc, while Artemis was the goddess of the hunt and also Apollo's twin sister. She would have been Phaethon's aunt, I guess. Clymene was mortal.

2. Which one of the following was said by Apollo to be a beast that could harm Phaethon?

Answer: crab

3. Who did Heracles ask to light the pyre on fire?

Answer: Philoctetes

Omphale was his master, he was her slave. He sought to kill Eurytus and Eurystheus was his first master.

4. Where did Heracles have to go in the twelfth labor?

Answer: the underworld

He did go to see Atlas in search of the golden apples, but that wasn't the twelfth labor.

5. What color were Hermes' sandals?

Answer: gold

6. In some versions of the myth, whose permission did Hades ask before capturing Persephone?

Answer: Zeus

Did you put Jupiter? This is Greek, sorry.

7. Who freed Prometheus?

Answer: Hercules

8. How many heads is the Lernean Hydra generally accepted to have?

Answer: nine

Hercules killed it.

9. Who did Zeus have to defeat to become king of the gods?

Answer: Cronus, the Giants, and the Titans

10. The weaving contest between Arachne and the goddess Athena was never completed to the finish.

Answer: True

Arachne was better, but Athena took umbrage to Arachne's subject matter (amorous transgressions of the gods). In a fury Athena destroyed Arachne's tapestry before it could be completed, and turned her into a spider.

Source: Author heathernicole001

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