Perseus and Theseus

What prediction does the oracle make to Acrisius?

• He will have a total of eight sons.
• He will never have a son, yet his grandson will kill him.
• He will have seven daughters before the age of 70.
• He will never leave the sight of the oracle.

What did King Acrisius lock his daughter Danae into?

• a bronze tower
• an irovy tower
• a twin tower
• a wooden tower

How did Zeus visit Danae in the tower and father her son, Perseus?

• He climbed the side with his enormous arm strength.
• He rode on a pegasus and hopped on the roof.
• He used his thunderbolt to break down the door.
• He came as a golden light and transformed the tower's room in a beautiful field.

Acrisius was furious to discover the birth of his grandson, so he locked Danae and baby Perseus ...

• in an every larger tower
• in a chest and cast them out to sea.
• in a fierce debate about cell phones in school.
• in a closet and burned down the tower.

What was the impossible task that King Polydectes tricked Perseus into undertaking?

• Bringing back the sickle used by Cronos.
• Finding the island of the Graeae.
• Retrieving the head of Medusa, the Gorgon.
• Killing the sea monster to save Andromeda.

Why was it necessary for Perseus to use Athena's polished bronze shield to kill Medusa?

• It was the only weapon that could penetrate her scales.
• It could deflect the poisonous snakes on her head.
• Its reflection allowed him to see her and avoid her terrifying gaze that turned people to stone.
• It provided an invisible disguise to approach her while she slept.

Which items did the Nymphs of the North bestow upon Perseus that were crucial to his quest?

• Hermes' sickle and Athena's shield.
• Cap of Darkness (which made the wearer invisible).
• The single eye of the Graeae.
• The head of a sea monster

How did Perseus end up killing King Acrisius, thus fulfilling the oracle's prophecy?

• He threw a spear into his heart.
• He ran over him in a cart.
• He accidently turned him to stone with Medusa's head.
• He threw a discus during some games, fatally wounding the old man who was a spectator.

What initial action did Theseus take that demonstrated his ambition to be a great hero like his cousin, Hercules?

• He offered to be one of the victims sent to the Minotaur.
• He grew strong enough to lift the great stone covering his father's sword and shoes.
• He refused the safe voyage by water and chose the hazardous land route to Athens.
• He successfully convinced King Aegeus not to poison him.

Which bandit placed victims upon an iron bed, tying them to it and then making them the right length for it by stretching those who were too short and cutting off as much as was necessary from those who were too long.

• Procrustes.
• Sinir.
• Minos.
• Sciron