HONORS ENGLISH 9 ODYSSEY
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS EXAM REVIEW
◉ What is Aphrodite the Godesses of
Answer: love and sexuality
◉ How did Zeus survive being killed by his father Cronos
Answer: His mother hid him in a cave in Crete.
◉ When Zeus attacked his father Cronos, what happened
Answer: All the children were released and this was the beginning
of the Olympian gods
◉ Who is the king of the Gods
Answer: Zeus
◉ Who did Zeus marry
Answer: Metrus, his aunt
◉ Who was born out of Zeus' head
Answer: Athena, goddess of warriors
, ◉ 14) How are the Greek deities different from the other gods of
other religions
Answer: They have the forms of human beings
◉ 15) In Homer's version of the creation of man, how was
mankind created?
Answer: from mud, Prometheus breathed life into him
◉ 16) In another version of the creation of man, the gods created
man using four different elements. What were the four elements?
Answer: Gold, silver, bronze, iron
◉ 17) According to Greek mythology, why was woman created?
Answer: as a punishment and affliction to man
◉ What did Zeus call the first women
Answer: a beautiful evil
◉ 19) What was her (the first womens') name and what did she
come to the world with?
Answer: Pandora, a box of evil to release into the world
◉ When Pandora closes the box, what is the one thing that is left
Answer: hope
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS EXAM REVIEW
◉ What is Aphrodite the Godesses of
Answer: love and sexuality
◉ How did Zeus survive being killed by his father Cronos
Answer: His mother hid him in a cave in Crete.
◉ When Zeus attacked his father Cronos, what happened
Answer: All the children were released and this was the beginning
of the Olympian gods
◉ Who is the king of the Gods
Answer: Zeus
◉ Who did Zeus marry
Answer: Metrus, his aunt
◉ Who was born out of Zeus' head
Answer: Athena, goddess of warriors
, ◉ 14) How are the Greek deities different from the other gods of
other religions
Answer: They have the forms of human beings
◉ 15) In Homer's version of the creation of man, how was
mankind created?
Answer: from mud, Prometheus breathed life into him
◉ 16) In another version of the creation of man, the gods created
man using four different elements. What were the four elements?
Answer: Gold, silver, bronze, iron
◉ 17) According to Greek mythology, why was woman created?
Answer: as a punishment and affliction to man
◉ What did Zeus call the first women
Answer: a beautiful evil
◉ 19) What was her (the first womens') name and what did she
come to the world with?
Answer: Pandora, a box of evil to release into the world
◉ When Pandora closes the box, what is the one thing that is left
Answer: hope
