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10 Prometheus Bound Questions | Authors Trivia Quiz

These are from the play "Prometheus Bound" by Aeschylus. The legend of Prometheus is that he gave people many important things. However, he angered some higher gods, namely Zeus, and was punished for it.

A multiple-choice quiz by Sithspawn. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Sithspawn

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
129,435

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

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Question 1 of 10

1. How was Prometheus punished? Hint

He was killed

He was chained to a cliff

He was turned into a mortal

He was sent to the underworld and tortured by Hades

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was Zeus? (This is easy!) Hint

the god of the sun

the god of wisdom

the god of fire

the king of the gods

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who did Zeus command to put him there? Hint

Zeus did it himself

Poseidon

Apollo

Hephaestos

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Question 4 of 10

4. What did Prometheus steal from another god to give to people? Hint

fire

tools

arms

minds

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Question 5 of 10

5. What were two other things that Prometheus gave to people? Hint

minds and thoughts

tools and the means to make tools

arms and legs

memory and math

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Question 6 of 10

6. Every day, while attached to this cliff, Prometheus is visited by a bird. What does this bird do? Hint

gives him something to eat

eats his eyes

eats his liver

gives him something to drink

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Question 7 of 10

7. During the day, what happens to Prometheus? Hint

Other gods throw things at him

He is attacked by wild animals

He is bitten by flies

He is burnt by the sun

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Question 8 of 10

8. What happens to Prometheus at night? (Besides healing) Hint

Bats perch on his arms

Hades comes and tortures him

He is forced to stay awake

He freezes

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Question 9 of 10

9. During his prolonged stay on the mountian, Prometheus gets a visitor. Who? Hint

Perseus

Hepheastos

his mother

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Question 10 of 10

10. What did Io do to incur the wrath of the gods? Hint

She cursed them

She tried to free Prometheus

She made Hera jealous

She tricked Apollo

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How was Prometheus punished?

Answer: He was chained to a cliff

Not fun. He was chained to the cliff by his arms and lege, as well as a large metal thing through his chest.

2. Who was Zeus? (This is easy!)

Answer: the king of the gods

He's the king, that's why it's not a good thing to have him mad at you. Zeus also controls thunder and various other things.

3. Who did Zeus command to put him there?

Answer: Hephaestos

Hephaestos was the god of craftsmanship and therefore was good at iron working and such. He didn't want to do it because Prometheus was kin, but Zeus was the king of the gods and commanded it.

4. What did Prometheus steal from another god to give to people?

Answer: fire

He stole it from Hephaestos. I don't know why he decided to be nice to people, but before they had the things he gave them, all they did was suffer.

5. What were two other things that Prometheus gave to people?

Answer: memory and math

I think he also gave them speech and poetry.

6. Every day, while attached to this cliff, Prometheus is visited by a bird. What does this bird do?

Answer: eats his liver

Being immortal, Prometheus doesn't die from this but heals each night. However, I'm sure it hurts. I think the liver was symbolic to the Greeks, because it's also mentioned in "The Odyssey". (Odysseus was going to cut out Polyphemus' liver.)

7. During the day, what happens to Prometheus?

Answer: He is burnt by the sun

Again, he heals every night. However, this is no ordinary sunburn. He literally gets burnt to a crisp. So he becomes blackened Prometheus, then liverless Prometheus, and finally a Prometheus popsicle before it all starts over again. What a life. And he's immortal, so he's stuck with it forever, or until he's freed.

8. What happens to Prometheus at night? (Besides healing)

Answer: He freezes

They really didn't like him. I think the worst thing he did, in their eyes, was to steal from another god.

9. During his prolonged stay on the mountian, Prometheus gets a visitor. Who?

Answer: Io

Io is a girl with a cow's head who is forced to wander the world and is being driven on (and insane) by a biting fly. There are some real places in Greece named after her. (Or it's speculated that they are.) Io is Oedipus' ancestor, which might explain some of his problems.

10. What did Io do to incur the wrath of the gods?

Answer: She made Hera jealous

Zeus just can't be happy with twelve immortal wives- he even messes with mortals. But Zeus isn't the one you really have to worry about. Hera is very vain and gets jealous easily. And when she's jealous, she's not happy. When she's not happy, you don't want to be in her way.

Source: Author Sithspawn

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