Perseus Quiz

Who was Perseus' godly Parent?

The oracle told Perseus' grandfather

• His daughter would be the mother of a great hero

• His grandson would die a horrible death

• He would be killed by his own grandson

• He would not live to see his grandson be born.

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The king sent Perseus on a quest to

• steal the golden fleece

• bring Cerberus back from the underworld

• get the golden apples of the Hesperadies

• Bring back the head of Medusa

Anyone who looked at Medusa

• turned into stone

• died and was never seen again

• was sent to the underworld

• was eaten by her sisters, the Gorgons

Percy had to get the information about where the Gorgons lived from

• Athena

• Hermes

• The Gray Sisters

• The Fates

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What did the nymphs of the west give Perseus?

• A shield

• a bag for Medusa's head

• A cap to make him invisible

• both the cap and the bag

Perseus avoided looking directly at Medusa by

• using his shield as a mirror

• closing his eyes and relying on sonar

• calling her names and waiting behind a rock

• staring at her feet

On his way home from slaying Medusa, Perseus

• Saves a wood nymph

• rescues Andromeda

• kills a centaur

• drops Medusa's head into a sea monster's mouth

When Perseus returns home, he

• Finds out his mother married the king

• turns the king to stone

• kills his grandfather with Medusa's head

• finds out his mother is dead

Perseus kills his grandfather by

• showing him Medusa's head

• throwing a metal hoop into the crowd

• running him through with a sword

• giving him a heart attack