Mythology Quizzes

1. How does Odysseus make Polyphemus fall asleep?

• Asks Hera for help
• Gives him a sleeping potion
• Gives him wine
• Sings a song

2. How do Odysseus's men escape Polyphemus's cave?

• By walking out at night, in the dark
• By hiding under the bellies of rams
• By sneaking out when Polyphemus is asleep
• By wearing sheepskins

3. Nemesis is the god of what?

• Regret
• Disgust
• Rivalry
• 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
• Cupid's arrow hit him as he looked at himself
• Hera was jealous of Echo

5. Who does Hera punish for being an object of Zeus's desire?

• Psyche
• Echo
• Alcyone
• Persephone

6. Who did Apollo kill?

• Adonis
• Otus
• Hyacinthus
• Polyphemus

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

• Adonis
• Hermes
• Narcissus
• Hercules

8. How did Adonis die?

• Killed by his own father
• Punishment from Zeus
• Killed by a wild boar
• Old age

9. Whom did Cupid himself fall in love with?

• Thisbe
• Psyche
• Niobe
• Venus

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

• Europa
• Hera
• Artemis
• Venus