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The Olympians
Test Description: Info about Greek gods
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Why is one of Zeus' signals an eagle?
A
Two eagles named Thought and Memory spy for him
B
Eagles fetch his lightning bolts
C
He lives up on top of a mountain
D
He has a hooked nose.
2) Why is Hera's symbol the peacock?
A
Peacocks ruffle their feathers symbolic of her legendary temper
B
Peacocks mate for life and she stays married to Zeus despite his cheating
C
She's proud and vain and dresses in pretty blue clothes
D
Peacock feathers have eye designs, symbolic of her follower Argus.
3) How was Athena born?
A
In Athens
B
She was one of the original children swallowed and later thrown up by Uranus
C
Athena sprang out of Zeus' skull after giving him a massive headache.
D
The foam of the sea collected and she sprang out of a shell.
4) How was Hephaestus crippled?
A
After he invented the first trampoline.
B
His fiery chariot got out of control
C
He got in a fight with Ares because the God of War was cheating with Aphrodite
D
Hera threw him off Mount Olympus as a baby when she saw how ugly he was
5) What was the first thing Hermes stole as a young baby?
A
A necklace off his mother's chest
B
Apollo's cattle
C
A staff with gold snakes on either side of it.
D
One of Zeus' thunderbolts
6) What city was Poseidon the patron of?
A
Delphi
B
Sparta
C
Troy
D
Athens
7) What was Artemis the goddess of?
A
The hunt
B
Wisdom
C
The stars
D
The hearth
8) Who was Apollo the twin brother to?
A
Athena
B
Hestia
C
Freya
D
Artemis
9) What was Dionysus the god of?
A
Archery
B
Strength
C
Song
D
Wine
10) What was Hestia the goddess of?
A
Magic
B
Wine
C
Owls
D
The hearth
11) What was the name for the part of Hades where people were punished?
A
The mourning fields
B
Hel
C
The Asphodel fields
D
Tartarus
12) What river in the underworld made people forget everything after they drank from it?
A
Thames
B
Styxx
C
Charon
D
Lethe
13) Who saved Zeus after Hera drugged and bound him in a plot to rebel?
A
Hercules
B
A hundred armed giant
C
Athena
D
Hermes
14) How did Hephaestus get Aphrodite and Ares back for their affair?
A
He made a net trap and set it in the bedroom
B
He sealed them up in Tartarus
C
He fought Ares (that's how he got crippled)
D
He had Hecate, the goddess of magic, curse them.
15) Who did Hades kidnap when he became lonely in the underworld?
A
Meg
B
Demeter
C
Hera
D
Persephone
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