CLAS 260 QUIZ 5_ Herakles_ Fall 2020

CLAS 260 QUIZ 5_ Herakles_ Fall 2020 – San Francisco State University Question 1 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 What was Heracles' first miraculous act? Select one: a. Winning the chariot race at Nemea. b. Strangling the two serpents sent by Hera to kill him. c. Killing his music teacher, the centaur Linus. d. Leading the Thebans against their old enemy, Erginus. e. Siring fifty sons by the fifty daughters of Thespius. Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Strangling the two serpents sent by Hera to kill him. Question 2 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Why was Heracles required to perform the twelve labors for his cousin Eurystheus? Select one: a. For dressing as a woman during his time with Omphalê b. As punishment for his fight with Apollo over the tripod at Delphi. c. To atone for killing his first wife Megara and their children in a fit of madness. d. To atone for his mutilation of the messengers sent by Erginus to the Thebans. e. As punishment for killing his music teacher, the Centaur Linus. Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: To atone for killing his first wife Megara and their children in a fit of madness. Question 3 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Why did Heracles fight with the river god Acheloüs? Select one: a. To find out from him where the entrance to Hades was. b. Because Acheloüs tried to rape his wife Deianira while they were crossing the river. c. It was one of the labors Eurystheus required him to perform. d. To find out from him where the Apples of the Hesperides were. e. To win his second wife, Deianira. Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: To win his second wife, Deianira. Question 4 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 On what temple are the twelve labors recorded? Select one: a. The Parthenon in Athens. b. The temple to Zeus in Olympia c. The temple to Theseus in Athens. d. The temple to Artemis in Ephesus. e. The temple to Apollo in Bassae. Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: The temple to Zeus in Olympia Question 5 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 What is the name of the centaur Heracles killed for having attacked Deianeira? Select one: a. Nessus b. Pholus c. Linus d. Chiron e. Alcides Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Nessus Question 6 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Which is a correct chronology of events and people in Heracles' life? Select one: a. Snakes -- Linus -- Nemean Lion -- Omphalê b. Death of Megara -- Battle with Apollo for the tripod -- Nessus -- Girdle of Hippolyta c. Acheloüs -- Thespius -- Iolê -- Alcestis d. Geryon -- Thespius -- Hesperides -- Megara Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Snakes -- Linus -- Nemean Lion -- Omphalê Question 7 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 One of Heracles' visits to the underworld was to fetch back Alcestis, who volunteered to die in the place of her husband. What was his name? Select one: a. Philoctetes b. Admetus c. Diomedes d. Hyllus Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: Admetus Question 8 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Heracles gets his famous club and lion's skin from his first labor, the Nemean lion. Where does he get the poison that makes his arrows so deadly? Select one: a. The Cretan Bull b. The Lernaean Hydra c. Cerberus d. The Horses of Diomedes Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: The Lernaean Hydra Question 9 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Like Gilgamesh