Mythology Quizzes

Mythology Quiz 1

By Stephen Haskell · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed May 28, 2008

1 How does Odysseus make Polyphemus fall asleep?

Gives him wine

Gives him a sleeping potion

Sings a song

Asks Hera for help
2 How do Odysseus's men escape Polyphemus's cave?

By wearing sheepskins

By hiding under the bellies of rams

By walking out at night, in the dark

By sneaking out when Polyphemus is asleep
3 Nemesis is the god of what?

Rivalry

Disgust

Anger

Regret
4 Why did the gods make Narcissus fall in love with his own reflection?

Narcissus thought himself better than the gods

Cupid's arrow hit him as he looked at himself

He never returned the affections of anyone else

Hera was jealous of Echo
5 Who does Hera punish for being an object of Zeus's desire?

Echo

Alcyone

Psyche

Persephone
6 Who did Apollo kill?

Otus

Adonis

Hyacinthus

Polyphemus
7 Who won the attention of both Aphrodite and Persephone?

Hermes

Adonis

Hercules

Narcissus
8 How did Adonis die?

Killed by his own father

Killed by a wild boar

Punishment from Zeus

Old age
9 Whom did Cupid himself fall in love with?

Venus

Niobe

Thisbe

Psyche
10 Who tried to ruin Psyche for being so beautiful?

Europa

Venus

Hera

Artemis
11 Psyche's father was told that his daughter would marry

Apollo

A serpent

Cupid

No one
12 Psyche gave Venus a golden fleece by

Begging Jason for help

Marrying Cupid

Collecting pieces of fleece from a thorny briar

Capturing it from King Etes
13 When Psyche opened the box Persephone gave her, what happened?

She found a magic seed

She became queen of the underworld

She fell asleep

She unleashed all the negative thoughts and ideas of the world
14 Who helped Psyche fill her flask from the River Styx?

A hawk

An eagle

Hades

Persephone
15 Where did Pyramus and Thisbe plan to meet upon their escape?

Ninus's tomb

At the apothecary's store

In a cave

Under a bridge
16 What became a symbol of Pyramus and Thisbe's tragic love?

Pomegranates

The lily

Red wine

Mulberries
17 How did Orpheus charm the creatures of the underworld?

With his pleas

With his poetry

With his music

With his good looks
18 How did Eurydice die?

Ate a bad mushroom

Pricked by a poisonous needle

Drowned

Stung by a viper
19 What was the condition upon which Orpheus could save Eurydice?

She could not speak

He could never sing again

He could not look back at her as they left the underworld

She would have to return for half of every year
20 How did Ceyx and Alcyone achieve immortality?

They became gods on Mount Olympus

They became mulberries

They return every spring in the form of flowers

They became birds that still fly together
21 Who told Alcyone her husband had died?

Juno

Hades

Morpheus

Ceyx
22 How did Ceyx die?

At Ninus's tomb

Jumping into the sea

In his sleep

At sea, in a storm
23 Who took pity on Pygmalion?

Cupid

Galetea

Zeus

Venus
24 Whom did Pygmalion marry?

A sculpture

Galetea

Eurydice

No one
25 What did Baucis and Philemon become when they died?

Raspberries

A conjoined tree

Birds

Flowers