Birth & Family
Where was Artemis born?
A) Mount Olympus
B) The island of Delos
C) The city of Athens
D) The river Styx
B) The island of Delos
What symbol is Artemis often associated with, representing her role as the goddess of hunting?
A) A lyre
B) A crown
C) A bow and arrow
D) A sword
C) A bow and arrow
What did Artemis do to the Queen Niobe for boasting about being a better mother?
A) She blessed her with children
B) She killed her daughters
C) She turned her into a statue
D) She made her immortal
B) She killed her daughters
What is Artemis known for protecting, aside from animals?
A) The ocean
B) Young girls
C) The elderly
D) Farm life
B) Young girls
Who did Artemis turn into a bear after breaking her vow of chastity?
A) Kalisto
B) Niobe
C) Atalanta
D) Daphne
A) Kalisto
Who is Artemis's twin brother?
A) Zeus
B) Hermes
C) Apollo
D) Ares
C) Apollo
What mythical creatures made Artemis's bow and arrows?
A) Cyclops
B) Titans
C) Nymphs
D) Gods
A) Cyclops
How did Artemis punish Actaeon for accidentally seeing her bathing?
A) She banished him to the underworld
B) She transformed him into a stag
C) She cursed him to live forever
D) She made him mute
B) She transformed him into a stag
How does Artemis protect pregnant women?
A) She grants them fertility
B) She aids them in childbirth
C) She makes them immortal
D) She grants them divine vision
B) She aids them in childbirth
What is Artemis’s connection to the wilderness?
A) She controls the weather
B) She is the goddess of both life and death in the wilderness
C) She protects crops from pests
D) She gives power to the gods of the forest
B) She is the goddess of both life and death in the wilderness
Who was Artemis’s mother?
A) Hera
B) Demeter
C) Leto
D) Gaia
C) Leto
Artemis is often depicted with which animal, representing her connection to the wilderness?
A) Horses
B) Deer
C) Hunting dogs
D) Eagles
B) Deer
Which of the following best describes Artemis’s personality?
A) Calm and passive
B) Serene, beautiful, capable of sudden vengeance
C) Full of compassion and empathy
D) Cunning and deceptive
B) Serene, beautiful, capable of sudden vengeance
Despite never having children herself, what aspect of life was Artemis associated with?
A) Destruction
B) Rebirth
C) Childbirth and parenting
D) War
C) Childbirth and parenting
What did Artemis do when her father, Zeus, seduced one of her nymphs, Kalisto?
A) She forgave him
B) She turned Kalisto into a bear
C) She banished Zeus from the heavens
D) She punished Kalisto by turning her into a tree
B) She turned Kalisto into a bear
What was Apollo (twin brother) the god of?
A) War and conflict
B) The oceans and seas
C) The sun, music, poetry, and prophecy
D) Peace and love
C) The sun, music, poetry, and prophecy
What is the name of the chariot that Artemis sometimes rides in?
A) A chariot drawn by stags
B) A chariot drawn by horses
C) A chariot drawn by goats
D) A chariot drawn by wolves
A) A chariot drawn by stags
What did Artemis do when Orion began hunting too much?
A) She challenged him to a duel
B) She sent a giant scorpion to kill him
C) She trapped him in a maze
D) She turned him into a deer
B) She sent a giant scorpion to kill him
Where were many of Artemis’s temples located?
A) In the center of cities
B) Near the oceans
C) On mountaintops
D) On the outskirts of human settlements
D) On the outskirts of human settlements
What was the primary reason Apollo and Artemis punished Niobe?
A) She refused to honor them
B) She stole from their temples
C) She insulted their mother, Leto, by boasting about her superior motherhood
D) She killed one of Artemis's sacred animals
C) She insulted their mother, Leto, by boasting about her superior motherhood
What was the name of the dragon that Hera sent to punish Leto, Artemis's mother?
A) Chimera
B) Hydra
C) Cerberus
D) Python
D) Python
Artemis’s bow was made by the Cyclopes from which mountain?
A) Mount Etna
B) Mount Olympus
C) Mount Parnassus
D) Mount Pelion
A) Mount Etna
Who killed the Calydonian Boar sent by Artemis?
A) Hercules
B) Atalanta
C) Theseus
D) Perseus
B) Atalanta
Artemis was the goddess of all of the following EXCEPT?
A) Hunting
B) The moon
C) The harvest
D) Wilderness
C) The harvest
What constellation is associated with Kalisto after Artemis turned her into a bear?
A) Orion
B) Ursa Major
C) Andromeda
D) Leo
B) Ursa Major