| Question |
Answer |
Wrong Answers |
| Triton announced the arrival of |
Poseidon | | 100% |
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| Other than the three major goddesses involved, which deity is often depicted in paintings of the judgment of paris |
Hermes | | 100% |
| Apollo | | 0% |
| Demeter | | 0% |
| Zeus | | 0% |
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| Artistic representations of the Labors of Psyche often show her with all the following except |
fruit | | 100% |
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| Cupid was known to carry two types of arrows - one that inspired love, and another that inspired |
disguist | | 100% |
| empathy | | 0% |
| sexual passion | | 0% |
| sympathy | | 0% |
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| Eris wrecked the wedding of Peleus and ____ with the golden apple. |
Thetis | | 100% |
| Camilla | | 0% |
| Leda | | 0% |
| Nephele | | 0% |
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| _____ caught his wife in an act of infidelity and exposed it to the other gods |
Vulcan | | 100% |
| Jupiter | | 0% |
| Neptune | | 0% |
| Pluto | | 0% |
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| _____ was born from his mother as she turned into a tree |
Adonis | | 100% |
| Ganymede | | 0% |
| Paris | | 0% |
| Priapus | | 0% |
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| Zeus turned _____ into a cow in order to hide his infidelity from Hera |
Io | | 100% |
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| Hestia gave up her spot on Mt. Olympus to _____ |
Dionysus | | 100% |
| Apollo | | 0% |
| Athena | | 0% |
| Hermes | | 0% |
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| The primary role of the _____ is to punish mortals for Familial violence. |
Furies | | 100% |
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| Aphrodite ordered Cupid to punish ____ because of her beauty; however, he fell in love with her |
Psyche | | 100% |
| Helen | | 0% |
| Medusa | | 0% |
| Persephone | | 0% |
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| The three goddess who are personifications of beauty and often attend to aphrodite are known as the |
Graces | | 100% |
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| Neptune had authority over all of the following areas except |
prophecy | | 100% |
| city walls | | 0% |
| earthquakes | | 0% |
| horses | | 0% |
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| All of the following goddesses had children except for |
Hestia | | 100% |
| Aphrodite | | 0% |
| Demeter | | 0% |
| Hera | | 0% |
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| The Eleusian Mysteries are strongly tied to the worship of |
Demeter | | 100% |
| Aphrotite | | 0% |
| Hera | | 0% |
| Hestia | | 0% |
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| The punishment for a Vestal Virgin convicted of breaking her vow of chastity was |
burning | | 66.7% |
| crucifixtion | | 0% |
| drowning | | 0% |
| live burial | | 33.3% |
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| According to Hesiod, ______ created mankind at the inception of the Iron Age. |
Prometheus | | 66.7% |
| Cronus | | 0% |
| Uranus | | 0% |
| Zeus | | 33.3% |
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| Which of the following groups was not entrapped in the womb of their mother by Uranus |
Giants | | 66.7% |
| Cyclops | | 0% |
| Hecatonchires | | 0% |
| Titans | | 33.3% |
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| All of the following deities were associated with the sea except |
Proteus | | 66.7% |
| Amphitrite | | 0% |
| Nereus | | 0% |
| Serapis | | 33.3% |
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| Which of the following items was not commonlt used to identify depictions of Ceres? |
staff | | 66.7% |
| cornucopia | | 0% |
| heavy garments | | 0% |
| torch | | 33.3% |
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| The mother of Helen was |
Leda | | 66.7% |
| Aphrodite | | 0% |
| Io | | 33.3% |
| Leto | | 0% |
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| _______ was eternallt punished in the Underworld because of his lust for Hera |
Ixion | | 66.7% |
| Prometheus | | 0% |
| Tantalus | | 0% |
| Sisyphus | | 33.3% |
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| Jupiter had authority over all the following areas except |
marriage | | 66.7% |
| hospitality | | 0% |
| law and justice | | 0% |
| weather | | 33.3% |
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| The wicked King _____ was punished by Demeter for attacking her sacred trees |
Erysichthon | | 66.7% |
| Iacchus | | 0% |
| Iasion | | 0% |
| Triptolemos | | 33.3% |
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| The biological father of Romulus and Remus was |
Mars | | 66.7% |
| Faustulus | | 33.3% |
| Jupiter | | 0% |
| Mercury | | 0% |
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