Mythology Unit Practice Quiz

Rhea was the wife of Uranus and Hera was the wife of Zeus.

• True

• False

Sciron and Pitocamptes, thugs Theseus kills on the way to Athens, were actually brothers.

• True

• False

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Greek myths are not only entertaining, but also provide a multitude of important life lessons.

• True

• False

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At first, Psyche’s relationship with her

husband is difficult because

• he's ugly

• he's there only in the dark

• he's mean

• he's in love with himself

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Daedalus was gossiped about in Athens because

• he made a wooden cow

• he offended Zeus

• he killed the minotaur

• he pushed someone off a cliff

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My husband is also my son.

• Aegeus

• Eurydice

• Echo

• Gaea

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I am Love and my wife becomes Soul

• Midas

• Rhea

• Eros

• Sciron

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I foolishly fall in love with my own reflection.

• Eros

• Theseus

• Narcissus

• Persephone

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I’m not the smartest mom; I allowed my husband to swallow most of my kids.

• Rhea

• Gaea

• Echo

• Eurydice

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I was strapped to my own torture bed before my legs and head were chopped off.

• Corynetes

• Sciron

• Procrustes

• Andromeda