Test Your Ancient Knowledge with a 20 Question Quiz on Greek Mythology

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You got 15 of 20 possible points.

Your score: 75%

Question 1

Who is the queen of the gods and the wife of Zeus in Greek mythology?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Demeter	0
	B) Athena	1
	C) Hera	0
	D) Artemis	0

Question 2

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What punishment did Prometheus receive for stealing fire and giving it to humans?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) He was cast into the Underworld.	0
	B) He was turned into a tree	0
	C) He was bound to a rock, and an eagle ate his liver every day	1
	D) He was banished from Mount Olympus.	0

Question 3

Сергей Панасенко-Михалкин/ CC BY-SA 3.0

What creature had the body of a lion, the head of a woman, and breathed fire?

Score: 0 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Siren	0
	B) Harpy	0
	C) Medusa	0
	D) Sphinx	0

Question 4

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Which hero is known for slaying the monstrous Gorgon, Medusa?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Hercules (Heracles)	0
	B) Perseus	1
	C) Theseus	0
	D) Jason	0

Question 5

Dracus / Goodfon

What river in the Underworld did souls have to cross to reach the afterlife?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Styx	1
	B) Acheron	0
	C) Lethe	0
	D) Eridanus	0

Question 6

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Which goddess was known for her wisdom, strategy, and warfare skills?

Score: 0 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Hera	0
	B) Aphrodite	0
	C) Athena	0
	D) Demeter	0

Question 7

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Who was the hero who undertook the Twelve Labors as penance for killing his family?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Jason	0
	B) Odysseus	0
	C) Perseus	0
	D) Heracles (Hercules)	1

Question 8

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What was the name of the ship sailed by Jason and the Argonauts in search of the Golden

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Odyssey	0
	B) Argo	1
	C) Trident	0
	D) Seraph	0

Question 9

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Who was cursed to turn everything he touched into gold?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Pandora	0
	B) Medusa	0
	C) Siren	0
	D) King Midas	1

Question 10

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Which goddess was responsible for love, beauty, and desire?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Hera	0
	B) Athena	0
	C) Aphrodite	1
	D) Artemis	0

Question 11

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Who was the queen of the Underworld, married to Hades?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Demeter	0
	B) Hera	0
	C) Persephone	1
	D) Aphrodite	0

Question 12

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Which three goddesses shared the duty of weaving the tapestry of fate?

Score: 0 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) The Fates (Moirai): Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos	0
	B) The Muses: Clio, Euterpe, and Thalia	0
	C) The Graces (Charites): Aglaea, Euphrosyne, and Thalia	0
	D) The Furies (Erinyes): Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone	0

Question 13

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What creature was half-man and half-bull, residing in the labyrinth of Crete?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Cyclops	0
	B) Minotaur	1
	C) Centaur	0
	D) Satyr	0

Question 14

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Who was the hero known for his vulnerable heel?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Odysseus	0
	B) Theseus	0
	C) Heracles (Hercules)	0
	D) Achilles	1

Question 15

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What was left in the jar or ‘box’ given to Pandora by the gods, after she had opened it and unleashed all the evils into the world?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Sand	0
	B) A mirror	0
	C) Hope	1
	D) Nothing, it was empty	0

Question 16

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Which Greek hero is known for his invulnerability due to being dipped in the River Styx?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Achilles	1
	B) Hercules (Heracles)	0
	C) Hector	0
	D) Theseus	0

Question 17

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Who was the king of Ithaca, known for his cleverness and leadership during the Trojan War?

Score: 0 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Achilles	0
	B) Agamemnon	0
	C) Odysseus	0
	D) Hector	0

Question 18

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What is the name of the whirlpool that swallowed ships in Greek mythology?

Score: 0 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Charybdis	0
	B) Scylla	0
	C) Charon	0
	D) Eurydice	0

Question 19

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Who was the legendary musician and poet whose music could charm all living creatures?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Orpheus	1
	B) Homer	0
	C) Odysseus	0
	D) Aesop	0

Question 20

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Which creature is part lion, part goat, and part serpent, and was killed by Bellerophon?

Score: 1 of 1

Your answer	Choice	Score	Correct answer
	A) Centaur	0
	B) Minotaur	0
	C) Hydra	0
	D) Chimera	1

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Note: This quiz is for entertainment purposes and does not cover all aspects of Greek mythology.

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