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Mythology: Chapters 3+4
Chapter 3+4 quiz 14/15
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9th Grade
11/13/2008

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What was the VERY first thing in the universe?
Definition
Chaos
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Who were the 2 children of Chaos?
Definition
Night and Erebus
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T/F. After the forming of Erebus and Night, there was nothing else in the universe. All was black, silent, empty, endless.
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True
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Love was born from ________ and ____.
Definition
Darkness and Death
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Love created ____ and it's companion ______ ___.
Definition
Light, Radiant Day
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After light was created, what came next?
Definition
The creation of the earth.
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T/F. The personifications of people and earth and monsters became more exact and precise as time went on.
Definition
True.
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What were the first creatures of Moth Earth and Father Heaven called?
Definition
Monsters
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How many "monsters" had 100 hands and 50 heads?
Definition
3
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Besides Titans, the 100 hands 50 heads, and the giants, what were the other monsters called?
Definition

Cyclops

Cyclopes(pl)

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What did Father Heaven do to the 100 hands and 50 heads?
Definition
He imprisoned them all within the earth since he didn't like them.
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Name the order of the 4 monsters(no gods)
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100 hands 50 heads, Cyclopes, Titans, and Giants.
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Which Titan rebelled against Father Heaven and ruled the universe?
Definition
Cronus aka Saturn
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What was called "those who walk in darkness".
Definition
Erinyes aka Furies
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What was Cronus doing to all of his children that were born? Who did Rhea(his wife) hide? How did she trick Cronus?
Definition

1.He was eating them

2.Zeus

3.Gave him a stone.

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Who did Zeus have on his side in the war against Cronus?
Definition

1.His 5 brothers and sisters

2.100 eyed 50hands creatures

3.Titan Prometheus

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What was Atlas's punishment?
Definition
He had to bear the world on his arms.(where Night and Day meet)
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The last creature created by Mother earth with 100 Flaming heads was called? Was he defeated?
Definition

1.Typhon

2.Yes

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Before the Gods took total control, which monsters rebelled?
Definition
Giants
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What was the long river that flowed around the Earth? What was the Earth divided into?
Definition

1.Ocean

2.Mediterranean and Black Seas

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T/F. Places for the Good and Bad were arranged even when there were no men on Earth.
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True
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Who gave animals are their qualities? Prometheus's brother.
Definition
Epimetheus
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Who created the humans? What did he give to them?
Definition

1.Prometheus

2.Fire

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In another story(not Prometheus) What were the 5 races called that the Gods made?
Definition

1.Gold

2.Silver

3.Brass

4.Godlike Heroes

5. Iron

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T/F. There was always men and women on earth.
Definition
False, men were there first and for along time... without any women at all.
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Besides stealing fire, what else did Prometheus do that upset the gods?
Definition
He gave the men the good meat of animals, and the fat and bones to the gods.
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T/F. After the Gold race died, their spirits lived on earth.
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true
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Who was the first woman on earth? Who gave her to Earth?
Definition

1.Pandora(means gift of all)

2.Zeus

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When Pandora opened the box Zeus gave her, what came out?
Definition
plagues, sorry, mischief, and Hope.
Term
How did Zeus punish mankind?
Definition
By giving them women.
Term
How was Prometheus punished? Why was he punished?
Definition

1.Zeus tied him to a rock forever where he was tortured.

2.Because he gave fire and good food to man, and because he knew who would dethrone Zeus.

Term
Supposedly, who rescued Prometheus?
Definition
The centaur Chiron. He sacrificed himself for Prometheus
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Who were Deucalion and Pyrrha?
Definition

Deucallion was Prometheus's son.

Pyrrha was Prometheus's niece.

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Even though Poseidon and Zeus flooded the earth, how were Pyrrha and Deucalion saved?
Definition
Prometheus warned them and had them made a box with food.
Term

How were the stone people created?

Before the stone people, who was on earth?

Definition

1.Deucalion and Pyrrha found a temple, and a voice told them to drop stones on the ground... forming the stone people.

2.Only Deucalion and Pyrrha

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What was Io transformed into because of Zeus?
Definition
A white heifer
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As it usually is, whose fault was it really that Io was transformed?
Definition
Hera
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How did Hera know that Zeus was hiding something from her?
Definition
1.Zeus covered the Earth in a thick cloud.
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Why did Zeus transform Io into a white heifer?
Definition
To hide her from Hera.
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T/F. Hera asked for the white-heifer, and had Argus who had 100 eyes watch her.
Definition
True.
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Who did Zeus send to kill Argus? How did he/she do it?
Definition

1.Hermes

2. He made all of his eyes fall asleep by telling him a story about Pan, then he killed him.

 

 

*Hera put all his eyes on a peacock

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What did Hera send after Io once Argus died?
Definition
gad-fly
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Where did Io have to go to make Zeus transform her into human form?
Definition
The Nile River
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What was Europa's dream?
Definition
A dream of Asia and another un-named continent fighting over her.
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Where was Europa's favorite place?
Definition
blooming meadows along the sea.
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How did Zeus fall in love with Europa? What did he transform into on Earth so Hera wouldn't notice him?
Definition

1.Cupid shot Zeus with an arrow.

2.A magnificent bull(not a regular one)

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What did Zeus do when Europa went on his back?
Definition
He galopped away over the waves to Crete.
Term
Which of mother earth's and father heaven's creations were left on earth?
Definition
The cylopes
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What did the cyclopes do for Zeus?
Definition
They forged his thunderbolts.
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Who did Odysseus face with before he landed on Polyphemus' island?
Definition

Trojan people of Troy.

 

 

 

*He came with 12 people.

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Where did Polyphemus sleep? What was used as a door?
Definition

1.In a cave

2.A huge stone

Term
Every meal time, what did he eat when Odysseus and his followers were there?
Definition
He ate 2 people per meal... not counting the first time he ate one of his followers... then he only ate one.
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How did Odysseus and some of his followers escape?
Definition
They heated and sharpened an enormous timber while Polyphemus was out with his sheep. Then they poked him with it, and escaped on Odysseus's ship.
Term
Who was Polyphemus's father?
Definition
Poseidon
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Who did Polyphemus fall in love with? What type of creature did he sing to every night?
Definition

1.Galatea(she was a sea nymph)

2.Sea nymphs

Term
Who was Galatea's sister?
Definition
Doris
Term
What did Polyphemus do to the prince that Galatea fell in love with? What happened to him after?
Definition

1. He killed him

2. He was transformed into a river god

Term
What flower attracted Persephone? Who used this flower to capture her?
Definition

1.Narcissus flower

2.Hades

Term
What type of flower is this? A lovely bloom of glowing purple and silver.
Definition
Narcissus
Term
Who was Narcissus? What was special about him?
Definition

1. He was just a guy girls thought were cute.

2.He never liked anyone.

Term
Since Echo was the prettiest nymph, why did Hera make her only speak the last words someone said?
Definition
Because she thought Echo had a relationship with Zeus.(And Echo didn't!)
Term
The great goddess Nemesis, fufilled what request against Narcissus? What resulted after?
Definition

1.The request to make Narcissus like himself.

2.He jumped in a lake and drowned himself.

 

 

*The Narcissus flower came right after that where he died.

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What flower? Lily shaped and a deep purple
Definition
Hyacinthus
Term
How did the boy Hyacinthus die?
Definition
He was playing discus with appolo and somehow the discus hit his head and made it fall off.
Term
What did Apollo do after the boy died?
Definition
He cried, and made a flower called Hyacinthis in memorial of the sadness Apollo felt.
Term
T/F. In another story, the west wind Zephyr killed Hyacinthus.
Definition
true
Term
What did mankind depend upon?
Definition
Corn and the harvest
Term
Which flower? blood red anemone, the wind flower
Definition
Adonis
Term
Who loved the man Adonis?
Definition

1.Aphrodite

2.Persephone

Term
How did Zeus judge on who got to love Adonis?
Definition

Aphrodite-Spring and Summer

Persephone-Fall and Winter

Term
How did Adonis die? Where was his flower shone?
Definition

1.A boar he wounded rammed its horns into him

2.Wherever there was blood from him.

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