Chapter.6 Myths Zeus, Hera, Poseidon Complete Test Bank

Chapter 6: Myths of Zeus, His Wife Hera, and His Brothers Poseidon and Hades

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 - Question 01

1. Which god, according to the poetic tradition, did not live on Mt. Olympus?

a. Demeter

b. Poseidon

c. Hades

d. Ares

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 - Question 02

2. Which of the Olympians is often called Phoebus and is the most complex and difficult to understand?

a. Apollo

b. Aphrodite

c. Zeus

d. Artemis

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 - Question 03

3. In Greek myth and religion, Zeus was primarily identified with _______.

a. the fertility of domestic grain crops

b. democracy

c. earthquakes

d. the sky and especially the weather

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Title: Chapter 06 - Question 04

4. The Greek term for justice is _______, a critical word in the history of Greek and Western thought.

a. dikê

b. menos

c. lêgaton

d. thumos

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Title: Chapter 06 - Question 05

5. In Greek legend, Paris’ seduction of Helen, his host Menelaüs’ wife, was a clear violation of what crucial Greek custom?

a. menos

b. dike

c. xenia

d. asylia

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Title: Chapter 06 - Question 06

6. In Book 14 of Homer’s Iliad, what does Zeus discover when he wakes up after having sex with Hera?

a. That all the other gods are laughing at him

b. That Poseidon, Athena, and Hades have bound him in chains

c. That Hera has sneaked away to rouse the other gods against the Trojans

d. That Poseidon has flooded the mortal world

Type: multiple response question

Title: Chapter 06 - Question 07

7. Which of the following are the offspring of Zeus and Themis?

a. The Muses

b. The Horae

c. The Moerae

d. Hephaestus

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Title: Chapter 06 - Question 08

8. In Homer’s Iliad, Zeus declines to save his son _______, who is fated to die, even though it seems that he could have.

a. Pandarus

b. Hector

c. Sarpedon

d. Achilles

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Title: Chapter 06 - Question 09

9. Which of the following is the offspring of Zeus and Mnemosynê?

a. The Muses

b. Apollo and Artemis

c. The Graces

d. Aphrodite

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 - Question 10

10. In an alternative tradition, Aphrodite was Zeus’ daughter by _______.

a. Dionê

b. Hera

c. Demeter

d. Eurynomê

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Title: Chapter 06 - Question 11

11. Hera is identified with which Roman goddess?

a. Ceres

b. Diana

c. Minerva

d. Juno

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Title: Chapter 06 - Question 12

12. From as far back as Homer, Hera was particularly associated with which place?

a. Thessaly

b. Laconia

c. Argos

d. Thrace

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 - Question 13

13. Which child of Zeus and Hera has a name that means the “coming” and presides over childbirth?

a. Thetis

b. Eileithyia

c. Hebê

d. Semelê

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Title: Chapter 06 - Question 14

14. Zeus and Hera married in a formal ceremony on the islands of the _______.

a. Cyclades

b. Hesperides

c. Sporades

d. Blessed

Type: multiple response question

Title: Chapter 06 - Question 15

15. Which of the following are not associated with Poseidon?

a. Dominion over the sea

b. The stars

c. Earthquakes

d. Horses

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Title: Chapter 06 - Question 16

16. Poseidon and Athena competed for the allegiance of which ancient city, with Athena emerging victorious?

a. Sparta

b. Thebes

c. Argos

d. Athens

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Title: Chapter 06 - Question 17

17. Which child of Poseidon and Amphitritê was depicted in art as a merman, and blew on his conch shell to calm the seas?

a. Tethys

b. Oceanus

c. Triton

d. Pontus

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 - Question 18

18. Which god impregnated the Gorgon Medusa, and became the father of the warrior Chrysaör and the flying horse Pegasus?

a. Poseidon

b. Zeus

c. Hades

d. Hermes

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 - Question 19

19. Greek _______ means that Greek gods and goddesses have human shape and also think and act like human beings.

a. androcentrism

b. misogyny

c. ontology

d. anthropomorphism

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 - Question 20

20. In Homer’s Iliad, which god, associated with Apollo, heals Ares after he is wounded by the mortal Diomedes (who is assisted by Athena)?

a. Dionysus

b. Paean

c. Hephaestus

d. Hades

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 06 - Question 21

21.

On this Attic cup, Zeus is in the act of seizing the beautiful mortal _______.

a. Ganymede

b. Paean

c. Polyphemus

d. Adonis