Quiz

1. Who bore Nereus fifty daughters?
   a. Doris
   b. Amphitrite
   c. Galatea
   d. Thetis
   
2. With what two gods is the identity of Proteus often merged?
   a. Nereus and Acis
   b. Poseidon and Triton
   c. Pontus and Nereus
   d. Nereus and Triton
   
3. Scylla is the daughter of which of the following?
   a. Phorcys and Ceto
   b. Phorcys and Hecate
   c. Nereus and Iris
   d. Thaumas and Electra
   
4. Which is not a name for one of the Gorgons?
   a. Echidna
   b. Stheno
   c. Euryale
   d. Medusa
   
5. "Who bore Cerberus, the Hydra, and the Theban Sphinx?"
   a. Typhon
   b. Callirhoë
   c. Echidna
   d. Medusa
   
6. The sea-nymph Thetis married the mortal:
   a. Achilles
   b. Nereus
   c. Peleus
   d. Chrysaor
   
7. "Galatea, having spurned the advances of Polyphemus, fell in love with:"
   a. Acis
   b. Erechtheus
   c. Poseidon
   d. Triton
   
8. "Polyphemus, a cyclops, was the son of:"
   a. Zeus
   b. Triton
   c. Poseidon
   d. Pontus
   
9. Which of the following is true?
   a. "Amphitrite, the daughter of Proteus, gave birth to Triton."
   b. "Thetis, the daughter of Nereus, was the consort of Poseidon."
   c. "Thetis, the daughter of Peleus, gave birth to Achilles."
   d. "Amphitrite, the daughter of Nereus, was the consort of Poseidon."
   
10. Triton is often depicted as:
    a. a half-man/half-horse because his father is the tamer of horses
    b. a half-man/half-fish blowing on the conch shell
    c. "a mortal, young man who can change shape"
    d. the old man of the sea
    
11. Poseidon is usually seen:
    a. bearing the thunderbolt
    b. holding a cornucopia of fish
    c. wearing a crown of seashells
    d. wielding the trident
    
12. With which of the following is Poseidon not associated?
    a. earthquakes
    b. horses
    c. bulls
    d. the Underworld
    
13. Iris was the goddess of:
    a. waters
    b. the rainbow
    c. childbirth
    d. storms
    
14. The Gorgons are the offspring of:
    a. Pontus and Ge
    b. Poseidon and Amphitrite
    c. Phorcys and Ceto
    d. Poseidon and Scylla
    
15. "In early sources, the Harpies are:"
    a. trees
    b. rocks
    c. streams
    d. winds