LIT 006: MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE

TEST I: Directions – Read and understand the question or statement on each item.
Encircle the best answer.

1.According to Hamilton, who is the only poet to tell this story?

A. Venus

B. Zeus

C. Ovid

D. Baucius

2. Whom did Venus turn to assist her against Pysche’s beauty?

A.Cupid

B. Tantalus

C.Hermes

D. Demeter

3. Who did Psyche’s father go to in order to find her a husband?

A. Zephyr

B. The oracle of apollo

C. Delphi

D. Hephaestus

4. Which of the following is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, who is reversed as
the greatest ancient Greek epic poet?

A. Ovid

B. Homer

C. Hesiod
D. Edith Hamilton

5. What do we call the first written record of Greece that contains the oldest Greek
literature; and, it is written in a rich, subtle, and Beautiful language?

A. Odyssey

B. Iliad

C. Greek Mythology

D. Theogony

6. What is given to Cronus to eat instead of his son, Zeus?

A. A bull

B. A rock wrapped in baby’s clothes

C. His twin brothe

D. His son, cooked by his wife

7.What natural event does the myth of Demeter explain?

A. The seasons of the year

B. The effects of wine

C. The causes of storm

D. The reasons of earthquake

8. Who was the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite and was the trumpeter of the sea?

A. Nereus

B. Naiads

C. Triton

D. Proteus
9. Who was the chief with a goat’s horns, and goat’s hoofs instead of feet, also the gay
companion of the woodland nymphs when They danced?

A. Silenus

B. Pan

C. Pluto

D. Dryads

10. What are the two divisions of the underworld?

A. Iliad and Odyssey

B. Castor and Pollux

C. Tartarus and Erebus

D. Otus and Ephialtes

11. Who was the nymph punished by Hera to never speak her thoughts again, but she
can only repeat the last words other say?

A. Hyacinth

B. Narcissus

C. Adonis

D. Echo

12. Who was Galatea?

A. Another mistress of Zeus

B. A statue who became a real woman

C. A lovely maiden who turned into a laurel tree

D. A goddess who turned into bird with her lover

13. Which is the exposition of “The Quest of the Golden Fleece?”

 A. Jason and his background are introduced to the story.
B. Jason defeats the Dragon guarding the Golden Fleece.
C. Jason is sent on the journey by the king, which starts his quest.
D. Jason claims the Golden Fleece as the story ends.

14. “Love cannot live where there is no trust.” Who said this line?

A. Psyche
B. Venus
C. Zeus
D. Cupid

15. Which of the following are the foods for the Gods?

A. Ambrosia and Nectar

B. Bread and Butter
C. Flesh and Blood
D. Fruit and Juice

16. Who were the pious and faithful pair who became the linden and the oak trees?

A. Pygmalion and Galatea

B. Baucis and Philemon
C. Ceyx and Alcyone
D. Orpheus and Eurydice

17. What common Filipino values did the couple Baucis and Philemon show in their
story?

A. Respect to Elders
B. Hospitality
C. Debt of Honor
D. Honesty

18. Who will known as the father of Theseus?

A. Poseidon
 B. Aegeus
C. Minos
D. Zeus

19. Who is the wife of Zeus?

A. Aphrodite

B. IO

C. Hera

D. Europa

20. Who are the 3 most Famous Greek Gods?

a. Zeus, Poseidon, Hades

B. Hades, Dionysus, Demeter

C. Zeus, Aeneas, Hermes

D. Hades, Zeus, Dionysus

21. The following ideas are the reasons why Mythology is created, EXCEPT _________

A. Myth wants to gainsay a religion.

B. Myth shows the evolution of man from the primitive to the intellectual.

C. Myth teaches a moral lesson

D. Myth was invented to explain the unexplainable.

22. What is the purpose of Greek and Roman mythology?

A. The myths were written to educate the children since they are not formally schooled.

B. The myths served as a form of entertainment for the people that time.

C. The myths are the basis for their everyday life.

D. The myths tell us the way the human race thought and felt ages ago.

23. The following statements are descriptions of Mythology, EXCEPT ____________

A. It is a study of stories about supernatural beings in early times.

B. It is a prophecy.

C. It is all about gods and goddesses.

D. It was handed down orally.

24. What do the myths show us about the early Greeks?

A. It showcases the beliefs of the Greeks in gods and goddesses.

B. It tells us how religious the Greeks are.

C. The myths show us how much the early Greeks had progressed from primitive
man.

D. The Greeks are very brave and courageous.

25. This goddess sprang full grown from the head of Zeus. She was the protector of
civilized life and was known to symbolized wisdom, reason, and purity. Who is this
goddess?

A. Artemis

B. Athena

C. Hera

D. Aphrodite

26. What did the Greeks believe about the origins of the gods and the universe?

C. The Greeks look at the gods as the supreme being responsible for the existence of
things

A. The Greeks worship the gods and the universe

B. The Greeks believed that the universe created the gods.

C. The Greeks look at the gods as the supreme being responsible for the existence of
things

D. The Greeks think that the gods were created by the universe.

27. What was the dual relationship between Zeus and Hera?

A. Hera was a constant enemy and jealous wife

B. Hera was the wife and cousin of Zeus

C. Hera was a Titan (Zeus aunt) and Queen of the gods (wife of Zeus)

D. Hera was both the wife and sister of Zeus.

28. According to the Greek story on the creation, who were the first parents?

A. Heaven and Earth

B. Chaos

C. The Titans

D. The Giants

29. How did Homer describe Olympus?

A. He described Olympus as a mysterious region far above the mountains, but it

was not heaven.

B. He described Olympus as an enchanting place on top of a hill overlooking the earth

C. He portrayed Olympus like the Garden of Eden, like a paradise.

D. He emphasized that Olympus was a place between the earth and the sky.

30. She was a lovely maiden with whom Zeus fell in love. He turned her into a calf to
fool Hera, and was forced to leave her that way. Eventually she was returned to human
form. Who is this maiden?

A. Europa

B. Helen

C. Io

D. Psyche

31. What do you call the daughters of Zeus and Memory who were known for their
singing, and each also had a special field?

A. The Fates

B. The Naiads

C. The Muses

D. The Graces
32. Her name means “the gift of all.” She was the first woman, and was lovely. Zeus
created her to punish mankind for tricking him. She was intended (all subsequent
women) to be beautiful, but an evil to men. Who is this character?

A. Pandora

B. Aphrodite

C. Helen

D. Europa

33. What did Hermes have on his feet and hat?

A. He had winged sandals on his feet and wings on his hat.

B. He had feathers on his feet and wings on his hat.

C. He had winged sandals and a flower on his hat.

D. He had winged sandals on his feet and feathers on his hat.

34. Who gave men the gift of fire?

A. Zeus

B. Prometheus

C. Polyphemus

D. Cronus

35. All of the following are the gods of the waters EXCEPT _____

A. Triton

B. Leda

C. Proteus

D. Nereus

36. How were Demeter and Dionysus different from the other gods and goddesses?

A. They are both demigods

B. They have been in pain for so long

C. They knew what it’s like to love and lost.

D. They were the only ones who knew suffering, as the mortals did.

37. All of the following are characters from the Underworld EXCEPT _____

A. Sileni

B. Hades

C. Charon

D. Persephone

38. What were the two central ideas in the worship of Dionysus?

A. He is associated with lust and fortune

B. He is a symbol for both eternal life and death

C. Dionysus was the God of the Vine. He could give either joy or savage brutality,
because wine could be both bad and good.

D. He will be forever hated by women and the god.

39. What happens when Persephone stays with her mother on Earth after 4 months
every year in the underworld?

A. The crops grew and flowers bloomed

B. Only the flowers will bloom.

C. Demeter is greatly upset and no crops grew on earth.

D. All crops will die

40. He fell in love with a statue that he had made. Venus brought the statue to life and
they married. Who were they?

A. Ceyx and Alcyone

B. Pyramus and Thisbe

C. Orpheus and Eurydice

D. Pygmalion and Galatea.