QUIZ 1: THE GORGON'S HEAD

________was king of Seriphos, in a land called Greece.

• Polydectes

• Acrisius

• Dictys

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

________, King of Argos, came home from Delphi with a heavy heart, for he had received a dreadful oracle.

• Polydectes

• Acrisius

• Dictys

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

_______, a son was born to Danae, she hid him from her father’s sight.

• Perseus

• Zeus

• Apollo

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

It happened that a fisherman, ______ by name, saw the chest bobbing on the waves close to the shore.

• Polydectes

• Acrisius

• Dictys

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

______ was one of the three Gorgons, terrible winged monsters who lived alone on an island.

• Medusa

• Athena

• Steno

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

They have but one eye shared among the three.

• Gray Women

• Gray Woman

• Grey Women

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

______ gave Perseus a magnificent curved sword for Medusa’s scales are hard as metal.

• Hermes

• Nymphs

• Athena

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

They give him the winged shoes, the helmet that would make him invisible, and the magic wallet that would become the right size for whatever he wish to carry.

• Hermes

• Nymphs

• Athena

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

“Daughter of Cepheus, King of the Ethiopians. The beautiful Cassiopeia is my mother. ‘’

• Athena

• Helen

• Andromeda

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

_________became stony statues before Phineas yielded, crying.

• 100

• 200

• 300

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4