ARACHNE QUIZ

1. Why did people travel great distances to see Arachne?

A.They traveled far to get weaving lessons from Arachne.
B.They traveled far to see Arachne weave and to buy her tapestries.
C.They traveled far to challenge Arachne to weaving contests.
D.They traveled far to see Mount Olympus.
2. Arache said, “I should live on Mount Olympus. . .” In Greek mythology what wasMount
Olympus?
A.It was where the Olympic games were held every year.
B.It was a volcanic mountain.
C.It was the home of the gods and goddesses.
D.It was the highest mountain in Rome.
3. What makes the story of Arachne and Athena a myth?
A.It is a make-believe story that gives an explanation for something in nature.
B.It is a make-believe story whose characters are all gods and goddesses.
C.It is a make-believe story with talking animals.
D.It is a true story set in ancient Greece.
4. What question does this myth try to answer?
A.Why we have arts and crafts.
B.Why spiders spin web.
C.How the seasons came to be.
D.Why leaves on trees turn beautiful colors in autumn.
5. At the end of this Greek myth, why did Athena turn Arachne into a spider
A.Athena did it, because Arachne wove a prettier tapestry than she did.
B.Athena did it, because Arachne was boastful and insulted the gods by the way she portrayed
them in her tapestry.
C.Athena did it to defend herself from this dangerous girl.
D.Athena turned Arachne into a spider just to be mean.
6. What is the lesson to be learned from this myth?
A.Beware of an old woman wearing a cloak.
B.You should learn how to spin and weave.
C.Don’t try to be the best at anything.
D.When a person acts too proud, they might get punished.

Question Excerpt
1. Arachne was the best weaver in the loom.
A.True
B.False
2. Who was the goddess of weaving?
A.Afrodite
B.Athena
C.Hera
3. Which goddess did Arachne challenge to a weaving contest?
A.Afrodite
B.Hera
C.Athena
4. Arachne’s weaving was better.
A.True
B.False
5. Goddess Athena turned Arachne into a...
A.Bird
B.Flower
C.Insect

ODIN
1. Which god has a magic hammer?

Odin

Baldr

Thor

Rig

2. What kind of being are Njordr, Freyr, and Freyja?

Aesir

Vanir

Jotuns

Dwarves

3. Who are the Norns?

Urdr, Verdandi, and Skuld

Odin, Vili, and Ve

Thor, Magni, and Modi

Asgard, Midgard, and Hel

4. Life began in the emptiness that lay south of Niflheim and north of Muspelheim. What was
the emptiness called?

Hel

Midgard

Mirkvidr

Ginnungagap

5. The White God is the son of nine mothers, and the guardian of the Bifrost Bridge. What is his
name?

Heimdall

Magni

Thor

Hagbard

6. Who are Borr and Bestla?

The parents of Odin, Vili, and Ve

The first humans

The humans who will survive Ragnarok

The goats who draw Thor's chariot

7. Odin, Vili and Ve killed Ymir and used his body to create Midgard. Who was Ymir?

A fire giant

A frost giant

One of the Vanir

The son of Buri

8. Who killed Baldr?

Loki

Thor

Hodr

Tyr

9. Freyja's chariot is drawn by ...

Goats

Boars

Reindeer

Cats

10. Freyr rides ...

a golden boar named Gullinbursti

an eight-legged horse named Sleipnir

a shining horse named Skinfaxi

a dog named Garmr

11. Hel, the ruler of the dead, is half blue-black and half light-skinned. Who are her parents?

Odin and Frigg

Loki and Angrboda

Dagr and Nott

Thor and Sif

12. Which goddess has hair of gold, made by dwarves, that grows just like natural hair?

Frigg
 Freyja

Idunn

Sif

13. Who is Ratatosk?

Odin's horse

The dwarf who was burned in Baldr's funeral fire

The squirrel who runs up and down Yggdrasil

Freyr's father

14. The Valkyries select the most heroic of those who die in battle and take them to Odin's hall.
What's the name of the hall?

Asgard

Valhalla

Glitnir

Folkvangr

15. How did Odin lose an eye?

He lost it to Loki in a bet

He gave it for a drink from Mimir's Well

He gave it to the blind god Hodr

It was stolen by Sigurd

16. Two of the nine worlds are the realms of elves. What are they?

Alfheim and Midgard

Midgard and Asgard

Jotunheim and Alfheim

Alfheim and Svartalfheim

17. Who is the god of poetry?

Bragi

Hodr

Hoenir

Forseti

18. What is the doom of the gods?

Thingvellir
 Ragnarok

The Nibelungen

Voluspa

19. When Loki lost a bet with Brokkr, how did he prevent the dwarf from cutting off his head?

He wore a magic collar made by elves

He escaped on the magic ship Skidbladnir

He gave Thor a magic hammer called Mjolnir

He pointed out that he had not bet his neck

20. A fire giant stands at the border of Muspelheim with a flaming sword in his hand. At the end
of the world, he will kill Freyr and burn the whole world with fire. What is his name?

Mimir

Bolthorn

Surtr

Fjalar

21. Who is the only one besides Odin who is allowed to sit in Odin's high seat?

Freyja

Frigg

Thor

Loki

22. Skadi chose her husband by looking at the feet of the gods and choosing the most beautiful.
What god's feet impressed her the most?

Baldr's

Njordr's

Hodr's

Thor's

23. Which of the following is NOT a child of Loki?

Sleipnir

Hel

Gullveig

Fenrir

24. How did Odin discover the runes?

He drank from the Well of Mimir

 He journeyed to the heart of Ginnungagap

He hung from Yggdrasil for nine days and nights

He didn't. The runes were invented by Sigurd

25. Bragi's wife is the guardian of the apples that enable the gods to maintain their
youthfulness. What is her name?

Idunn

Saga

Sif

Frey

What instrument did Orpheus play?

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#2 Who was Orpheus's father?

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#3 Who was Orpheus's mother?

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#4 How did Eurydice die?

She drowned while swimming one day.

She was bitten by a snake while running away from an amorous shepherd.

Drug overdose.

She took ill.

Zeus flung a thunderbolt down to earth in a fit of rage after having fought with Hera, and it struck her.

#5 What did Orpheus do when he learned of his wife's death?

He cursed the heavens until Zeus struck him with a thunderbolt as well and he could join his love.

He vowed never again to play his instrument.

He chased down the shepherd and beat him with his instrument

He prayed to Aphrodite to bring her back.

He traveled to the land of the dead to get her back.

#6 How did Hades and Persephone react to Orpheus's song?

They were so touched by his song, that even they wept for him, and so agreed to grant his request.

They were furious and cast him out of Hades.

They covered their ears and threw rotten tomatoes at him.

They told him they sympathized with him, but were unable to help him.

They said they would agree to help him if he could fetch a golden apple from Hera's garden.
#7 What condition did Hades impose upon Orpheus in return for Eurydice's
life?
He had to do a strip-tease to the macarena.

He had to sacrifice his own life.

He had to return to earth, never looking back the entire way.

He had to replace her life with the life of another.

He had to give up his instrument.

#8 What would happen if Orpheus did not obey Hades's demand?

They would both be trapped in Hades forever.

They would be taken to civil claims court where they would be sued for breach of contract.

He would be forced to return to the world without Eurydice.

They would be set upon by the beasts of Hades.

Eurydice would return to the world, but Orpheus would have to stay in Hades.

#9 Orpheus never looked back the entire way back to earth, and he and his
wife lived happily ever after.
True

False

#10 What happened to Orpheus at the end of the myth?

He lived the rest of his days, singing sadly, and moving all who beheld him to tears.

He lived happily with Eurydice, and his songs reached the stars in heaven and set them into motion.

He became mad and began wandering in front of random women and looking over his shoulder at them to make sure they
were still there.

He was torn limb from limb by a group of angry women when he thwarted their advances.

He sat at the edge of Hades without food or drink until he wasted away and died.