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What is the etymological root of Zeus' name?
a. "bright"
b. "sky"
c. "father"
d. "god"
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With what river does Hephaestus do battle in the Iliad?
a. Ilissus
b. Scamander
c. Nile
d. Meander
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In the tale of the adultery of Ares and Aphrodite in the Odyssey, what god boasts he would endure any number of shackles to lie with Aphrodite?
a. Apollo
b. Poseidon
c. Hermes
d. Zeus
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What is the Roman name for the Fates?
a. Moirai
b. Parcae
c. Erinyes
d. Graiai
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Which cannot be considered an offspring of Zeus and Themis?
a. Calliope
b. Lachesis
c. Eunomia
d. Eirene
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Hebe is the goddess of:
a. sport
b. youthful bloom
c. the hearth
d. the rainbow
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Who is the goddess of the hearth?
a. Demeter
b. Hera
c. Hestia
d. Rhea
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Who was the prophet gifted with understanding the speech of animals?
a. Bias
b. Melampus
c. Amphiaraüs
d. Trophonius
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Zeus' chief sanctuary is at:
a. Dodona
b. Delphi
c. Olympia
d. Athens
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Which of the following is not a child of Zeus and Hera?
a. Eileithyia
b. Hebe
c. Hephaestus
d. Ganymede
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Which statement is not true of Hephaestus?
a. He worked in a forge.
b. He was cast down to earth.
c. "His wife was the goddess of love, Aphrodite."
d. "Samos, the island where he landed, was the site of an important sanctuary of Hephaestus."
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Which bird is sacred to Hera?
a. the eagle
b. the peacock
c. the dove
d. the raven
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Ares' cult partner was:
a. Aphrodite
b. Hera
c. Athena
d. Hebe
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"The Muses are the children of Zeus and Mnemosyne, whose name means:"
a. poetry
b. necessity
c. memory
d. dance
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Ares was known to the Romans as:
a. Pluto
b. Mercury
c. Vulcan
d. Mars
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Another name for the Fates is:
a. the Graeae
b. the Moirai
c. the Erinyes
d. the Horae
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The Trojan youth snatched up to Olympus by Zeus to be the gods' cupbearer is:
a. Dionysus
b. Eros
c. Ganymede
d. Actaeon
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What Lapith man was once a girl?
a. Perithoüs
b. Caeneus
c. Chiron
d. Eioneus
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Who are the parents of the race of Centaurs?
a. Centaurus and the mares of Mt. Pelion
b. Centaurus and Nephele
c. "a cloud, Nephele, and Ixion"
d. Philyra and Pegasus
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The Fates are offspring of Zeus and:
a. Eurynome
b. Thetis
c. Themis
d. Hebe
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"With a special trap, Hephaestus caught his wife, Aphrodite, in bed with:"
a. Apollo
b. Ares
c. Zeus
d. Poseidon
