1. Who tamed Pegasus and with her help defeated the Chimera?
a. Perseus
b. Bellophoron
c. Hercules
d. Theseus
2. Aurora was the goddess of
a. the Sun
b. the dawn
c. the highest clouds
d. nothing. Aurora was a mortal woman
3. The god _________________ granted Midas' wish to have everything he touched turned to gold, but the god __________ gave Midas donkey ears.
a. Zeus; Vulcan
b. Dionysius; Apollo
c. Pluto; Pan
d. Mars; Mercury
4. Maia, Electra, Taygeta, and Merope are ______________________
a. four of the "Seven Sisters" or the Pleiades
b. four of the graces
c. four of the hyades sisters
d. four of the muses
5. Which ONE of the following is NOT true about Icarus?
a. an asteroid is named for him
b. he flew too close to the Sun while using manufactured wings, which fell apart under the heat, causing him to plummet to his death
c. his father constructed the labyrinth which housed the Minotaur
d. he was the son of Hermes, the winged messenger
6. Paris chose the fairest goddess out of three competitors. Which ONE of the following was not one of these competitors?
a. Aphrodite
b. Athena
c. Artemis
d. Hera
7. Of the three competitors, Paris selected ___________ as the fairest goddess.
8. _____________ played the lyre when he went to the underworld to reclaim __________. This lyre is seen in the sky as Lyra the Harp.
a. Apollo; Daphne
b. Orpheus; Eurydice
c. Pan; Echo
d. Pyramus; Thisbe
9. Pomona, a Roman nymph, was said to have been the only nymph who didn't love_________________.
a. nymphs
b. wild woodlands
c. Neptune
d. the sea
10. Who was Polyphemus?
a. one of the Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus and his men before they gouged his eye out and managed to escape
b. the brother of Uranus who, after the Titans' revolt, dissolved into the ground and became Tartarus, the underworld region where the wicked are punished
c. the only male "Fate." He was charged with deciding how much pain and adversity entered a person's life
d. the god of stones
11. Hippomenes was the only man to defeat Atalanta in a race -and thereby winning her hand in marriage- by doing what?
a. making the grass under her feet entwine itself around her ankles
b. throwing three golden apples at different times in front of her during the race. She stooped to retrieve each apple, which caused her to fall behind and lose the race
c. making her eat a pomegranate which caused her to fall asleep after she took only three strides. He then ran to the finish while she dozed
d. with the assistance of Daedalus, he managed to make the finish line appear to be miles from the start line, when, in fact, it was actually ten feet before the start. When Atalanta sprinted toward what she thought was the finish, Hippomenes took three steps backward and crossed the finish line.
12. Which mythological character's name literally means "forethought?" Hint: he gave fire to the mortals
a. Vulcan
b. Apollo
c. Prometheus
d. Oedipus
13. Which constellation is considered part of the zodiac by astronomers, but not by astrologers?
a. Ophiuchus
b. Orion
c. Delphinus
d. Leo Minor
ANSWERS
1. b. Bellophoron
2. b. the Dawn
3. b. Dionysius; Apollo
4. a. four of the Seven Sisters or the "Pleiades"
5. d. he was the son of Hermes, the winged messenger
6. c. Artemis
7. Aphrodite
8. b. Orpheus; Eurydice
9. b. wild woodlands
10. a. . one of the Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus and his men before they gouged his eye out and managed to escape
11. b. throwing three golden apples at different times in front of her during the race. She stooped to retrieve each apple, which caused her to fall behind and lose the race
12. c. Prometheus
13. a. Ophiuchus
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