Prometheus 2021

What allowed Prometheus to see into the future and predict the outcome of the war of the Titans and gods?

• The gift of war strategy

• The gift of foresight

• The gift of immortality

• The gift of intelligence

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Why does Zeus think humans exist?

• To worship the gods

• To entertain the gods

• To invent new things

• To be better than beasts

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Who created mankind and tries to convince Zeus to give them the gift of fire so they can live better than beasts?

• Hepheastus

• Poseidon

• Prometheus

• Epimetheus

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How does Prometheus bring fire to the humans?

• He asks Zeus's permission, and has Pandora deliver it to them in a box

• He asks Helios's permission, and then pours it into a jar and leaves it with the king of the humans

• He steals Zeus's master bolt and uses it to strike a bundle of dry wood near the humans' village

• He steals Zeus's fire from Mount Olympus by using a hollow reed, then he delivers it to the humans himself

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Why did Prometheus give fire to the humans?

• So they can live better than beasts

• So they could make sacrifices to the gods that would please Zeus enough to save them

• So they can worship Prometheus instead of the gods

• So they could challenge the gods and declare Prometheus as their king

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What does Zeus do when he finds out that the humans have fire and have grown much stronger?

• He takes fire away and plunges the earth into darkness for 100 years

• He knows Prometheus gave it to them, so Zeus punishes Prometheus

• Zeus kills all the humans he can find (though he misses a few that are hiding in a cave)

• Zeus creates his own humans out of mud and sends them to war against Prometheus's humans

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What prevents Prometheus from escaping his terrible punishment?

• Eternal flames created by Hades in the Underworld surround the mountain, preventing Prometheus's escape

• Unbreakable chains, made by Hephaestus, bind Prometheus to a rock on the mountain

• Aphrodite causes him to fall in love with a woman with the wings of eagle. Zeus ensures she will never land--Prometheus is doomed to spend his life chasing her.

• The furies watch over him, preventing his escape with their flaming whips

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What are the details of Prometheus's punishment?

• He must push a boulder up a mountain for eternity--every time he thinks he's reached the top, the boulder falls down the mountain again

• He is chained in the Underworld and is eternally hungry and thirsty. Although both food and water are within his reach, whenever he tries to eat or drink, the food turns to ash and the water evaporates.

• Every day, the sun beats down on Prometheus. An eagle comes to eat his liver out of his living body. Every night, it grows back. Because Prometheus is immortal and cannot die, the pain is never-ending

• Prometheus is forced to swim the River Styx for eternity. Although he begs Charon to take him aboard, Charon never accepts him.

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What does Zeus claim is the worst flaw a human can have?

• Greed

• Selfishness

• Pride

• Carelessness

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