CKLA Knowledge 3: Greek Myths

Who am I?

100

I am the hero who was exiled into the woods and then had to complete 12 difficult tasks. 

a. Zeus 

b. Theseus 

c. Hercules 

Hercules 

200

I defeated the minotaur in the labyrinth.

a. Hercules 

b. Theseus 

c. Icarus 

Theseus 

300

I am the father of Hercules 

a. Daedalus 

b. Zeus 

c. King Minos 

Zeus 

400

I was turned into a spider by Athena. 

a. Arachne 

b. Hermes 

c. Demeter 

Arachne 

500

I was taken to the underworld by Hades and forced to live there for 6 months of the year. 

a. Persephone 

b. Demeter

c. Hercules 

Persephone 

Vocabulary

100

Which word means to give help or direction? 

a. guidance 

b. pine 

c. amusing 

guidance 

200

How many legs does an arachnid have? 

8

300

Proof means_________ 

a. you long for or desire something 

b. evidence that something is true 

c. to wander without purpose 

evidence that something is true

400

If you walk directly to school from your house are you walking aimlessly? 

yes or no

no

500

Which word means "ordered or demanded?"

a. arachnid 

b. proof 

c. insisted 

insisted 

Myths

100

What fruit did Persephone eat which made her stay in the underworld for 6 months? 

a. apple

b. pomegranate 

c. orange 

pomegranate 

200

How would you describe the minotaur? 

a. half man, half bull 

b. half man, half horse 

c. half man, half goat 

half man, half bull 

300

What did Prometheus give the humans to help them? 

a. food

b. clothes 

c. fire 

fire 

400

Who did Athena pretend to be to trick Arachne? 

a. an old woman 

b. aphrodite 

c. the minotaur 

an old woman 

500

Who convinved Hercules to talk to Apollo and be around people again? 

a. Zeus 

b. King Minos 

c. Theseus 

Theseus 

Objects

100

What did Daedalus make to escape the prison with his son?

wings 

200

What did Ariadne give Theseus to help him escape the labyrinth?

string 

300

What fruit did Atlas retrieve for Hercules?

apples

400

What did Arachne make on her loom?

a. tapestries 

b. clay pots 

c. paintings

tapestries 

500

What tool did Hercules not use to try to defeat the lion?

a. club 

b. sword

c. bow and arrow 

sword 

Who am I? pt 2

100

I let the crops die after Hades took my daughter to the underworld. 

a. Hera 

b. Athena 

c. Demeter 

Demeter 

200

I helped Theseus escape the labyrinth by giving him the magis string. 

a. Ariadne 

b. Athena 

c. Persephone 

Ariadne 

300

I flew too close to the sun with the wings my father made. 

a. Daedalus 

b. Theseus 

c. Icarus 

Icarus 

400

I carried the sky on my back and got the 3 golden apples for Hercules. 

a. Zeus 

b. Hades 

c. Atlas 

Atlas 

500

I opened a box and let out many bad things into the world.

a. Prometheus 

b. Pandora 

c. Arachne 

Pandora