Mythology Quizzes

Mythology Quiz 1

1 How does Odysseus make Polyphemus fall asleep?
Gives him wine

Asks Hera for help

Gives him a sleeping potion

Sings a song
2 How do Odysseus's men escape Polyphemus's cave?
By hiding under the bellies of rams

By wearing sheepskins

By sneaking out when Polyphemus is asleep

By walking out at night, in the dark
3 Nemesis is the god of what?
Rivalry

Regret

Disgust

Anger
4 Why did the gods make Narcissus fall in love with his own reflection?
He never returned the affections of anyone else

Narcissus thought himself better than the gods

Hera was jealous of Echo

Cupid's arrow hit him as he looked at himself
5 Who does Hera punish for being an object of Zeus's desire?
Psyche

Echo

Alcyone

Persephone
6 Who did Apollo kill?
Polyphemus

Adonis

Otus

Hyacinthus
7 Who won the attention of both Aphrodite and Persephone?
Hercules

Hermes

Adonis

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

Psyche

Thisbe

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

Artemis

Venus

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

Cupid

No one

A serpent
12 Psyche gave Venus a golden fleece by
Capturing it from King Etes

Marrying Cupid

Begging Jason for help

Collecting pieces of fleece from a thorny briar
13 When Psyche opened the box Persephone gave her, what happened?
She became queen of the underworld

She found a magic seed

She unleashed all the negative thoughts and ideas of the world

She fell asleep
14 Who helped Psyche fill her flask from the River Styx?
An eagle

Persephone

A hawk

Hades
15 Where did Pyramus and Thisbe plan to meet upon their escape?
Ninus's tomb

At the apothecary's store

Under a bridge

In a cave
16 What became a symbol of Pyramus and Thisbe's tragic love?
Mulberries

Pomegranates

Red wine

The lily
17 How did Orpheus charm the creatures of the underworld?
With his good looks

With his poetry

With his music

With his pleas
18 How did Eurydice die?
Ate a bad mushroom

Drowned

Pricked by a poisonous needle

Stung by a viper
19 What was the condition upon which Orpheus could save Eurydice?
He could never sing again

She would have to return for half of every year

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

She could not speak
20 How did Ceyx and Alcyone achieve immortality?
They became birds that still fly together

They became mulberries

They return every spring in the form of flowers

They became gods on Mount Olympus
21 Who told Alcyone her husband had died?
Juno

Hades

Morpheus

Ceyx
22 How did Ceyx die?
In his sleep

At sea, in a storm

Jumping into the sea

At Ninus's tomb
23 Who took pity on Pygmalion?
Zeus

Galetea

Venus

Cupid
24 Whom did Pygmalion marry?
Eurydice

Galetea

A sculpture

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

Flowers

Birds

A conjoined tree