Persephone and Demeter

Which fruit was eaten that forced Persephone to stay in the underworld?

• apples

• pomegranate

• oranges

• lemons

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What natural phenomenon is explained through this myth?

• blizzards and droughts

• sunrises and sunsets

• the changing seasons

• the Northern Lights

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What happened to the earth when Demeter is beside herself with grief?

• the land became barren, crops did not thrive

• the land flourished, crops thrived

• the land became covered in dust, crops did not thrive

• none of these

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Who was, "loved by all humans for her gift of soil & gentle, mild weather to grow their crops"?

• Persephone

• Hera

• Aphrodite

• Demeter

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What does Persephone do in Scene 3 when Hades first offers her pomegranate seeds?

• She eats three pomegranate seeds.

• She refuses to eat any pomegranate seeds.

• She takes care of the pomegranate tree.

• She laughs at Hades.

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Who is Persephone's mother?

• Medusa

• Aphrodite

• Athena

• Demeter

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Once struck by the arrow from Eros, who does Pluto fall in love with at first sight?

• Demeter

• Aphrodite

• Persephone

• Medusa

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Upon finding her sash, why doesn't the river nymph tell Demeter who took her daughter?

• She is jealous of Persephone

• She doesn't like Demeter

• She doesn't know who took her

• She is afraid of Pluto

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What does Demeter do in response to her daughter being taken?

• Burns the fields all around her

• Causes an earthquake

• Refuses to let nature grow and prosper

• Causes a tsunami

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Persephone is so happy to be released, but unfortunately she can't leave the underworld forever. Why?

• She truly loves Pluto

• She ate the seeds of a pomegranite

• She accepted jewels from Pluto

• She accidentally swallowed the seeds of an apple

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