Quiz

1. Which two giants attempted to storm heaven by piling Olympus, Ossa, and Pelion upon one another?
   a. Otus and Briareus
   b. Briareus and Gyes
   c. Otus and Ephialtes
   d. Brontes and Ephialtes
   
2. Who is the counterpart to the Greek Deucalion or the Hebrew Noah in the Epic of Gilgamesh?
   a. Ut-napishtim
   b. Enlil
   c. Enkidu
   d. Marduk
   
3. Which is not a name of the Hecatonchires?
   a. Cottus
   b. Briareus
   c. Gyes
   d. Steropes
   
4. Who corresponds to the Greek Typhoeus in the Enuma Elish?
   a. Kingu
   b. Marduk
   c. Anu
   d. Tiamat
   
5. Of what city was Gilgamesh king?
   a. Ur
   b. Babylon
   c. Uruk
   d. Hattusas
   
6. The first age in the universe was the:
   a. Golden Age
   b. Silver Age
   c. Bronze Age
   d. Iron Age
   
7. In Zeus' bid for power, from which of the following did he not receive aid?
   a. Hecatonchires
   b. Cyclopes
   c. Titans
   d. Prometheus
   
8. In another struggle Zeus fought against the Gegeneis, whose name means:
   a. the One-Hundred Handers
   b. the Earthborn
   c. the Powerful One
   d. the One-Eyed Ones
   
9. One of the most difficult opponents for Zeus to overcome was the dragon named:
   a. Typhoeus
   b. Themis
   c. Enceladus
   d. Ephialtes
   
10. In the traditional version of the creation of man, who is depicted as the creator?
    a. Epimetheus
    b. Athena
    c. Deucalion
    d. Prometheus
    
11. Zeus punished Prometheus for which of the following?
    a. for giving men hope
    b. for creating Pandora
    c. for the deception of the sacrifice
    d. for the creation of man
    
12. The offspring of Zeus and Io was:
    a. Epaphus
    b. Pyrrha
    c. Deucalion
    d. Epimetheus
    
13. Who was the slayer of Argus?
    a. Prometheus
    b. Hermes
    c. Zeus
    d. Epaphus
    
14. Which of the following was the final outrage that preceded the flood?
    a. Lycaon attempted to rape Hera.
    b. Lycaon attempted to kill Zeus.
    c. Lycaon attempted to overthrow Zeus.
    d. Lycaon attempted to feed Zeus human flesh.
    
15. Who survived the flood sent by Zeus?
    a. Prometheus and Pyrrha
    b. Deucalion and Hellen
    c. Deucalion and Pyrrha
    d. Noah
    
16. According to the tradition, mankind is recreated:
    a. from the bones of those killed in the flood
    b. from rocks
    c. by Zeus
    d. as the natural offspring of the surviving man and woman
    
17. The men of the Bronze Age:
    a. worshiped the gods
    b. created heroes
    c. discovered agriculture
    d. killed each other off
    
18. Cronus ruled during the:
    a. Iron Age
    b. Golden Age
    c. Silver Age
    d. Bronze Age
    
19. The woman Zeus seduced and then turned into a cow was:
    a. Themis
    b. Thetis
    c. Mnemosyne
    d. Io
    
20. Who reluctantly binds Prometheus in Aeschylus' play Prometheus Bound?
    a. Zeus
    b. Kratos
    c. Hephaestus
    d. Bia