1. The Greek myths and legends are known today primarily from____.
A. Greek literature B. Greek chronology C. Homer’s poems D. Greek Theology (神谱)
2. The myths deal with ____.
A. the creation of the gods and the world
B. the struggle among the gods for supremacy and the triumph of Zeus
C. the love affairs and quarrels of the gods
D. the effects of their adventures and powers on the mortal world
E. all of the above
3. ____ is not among the great stories of Greek mythology and legend.
A. the Trojan War
B. the tragedy of Oedipus
C. Jason's search for the Golden Fleece
D. Hera’s persecution of Zeus’s lovers
4. ____are not the principle figures in Greek mythology.
A. Gods  B. Mortals  C. Heroes  D. Vampires
5. In Greek mythology, ____was the formless primeval emptiness of the universe before things came into being.
  A. Chaos  B. Chaotic  C. Erebus  D. Gaea
6. In Greek mythology heroes are ____.
A. Humans
B. living in the heaven
C. immortal
D. mortal
7. ____is god of darkness.
  A. Erebus  B. Nyx  C. Tartarus  D. Uranus
8. ____is god of ocean.
  A. Oceanus  B. Gaea  C. the Titans  D. Uranus
9. ____ is goddess of earth.
  A. Gaea  B. Nyx  C. Hera  D. Aphrodite
10. Uranus and Gaea had twelve children known as____.
A. Tantalus  B. the Titans  C. Pelops  D. Cyclops
11. Zeus was then brought up by the ____in the island of Crete.
A. nymphs  B. Metis, daughter of Oceanus C. Rhea, his mother  D. his grandmother Gaea
12. ____is the lord of the underworld in Greek mythology.
  A. Cronus  B. Poseidon  C. Hades  D. Pluto
13. The Olympians refers to the____ major gods and goddesses dwelling on Mount Olympus.
  A. 10  B. 12  C. 13  D. 20
14. ____was called the father of both gods and men.
  A. Cronus  B. Zeus  C. God  D. Jesus
15. ____ is NOT the offspring of Zeus.
  A. Daphne  B. Helen  C. Artemis  D. Persephone
16. ____ was also the goddess of marriage and family.
  A. Rhea  B. Hera  C. Io  D. Artemis
17. The underworld was divided into two regions: Erebus, where the dead pass as soon as they die, and____, the deeper region, where the Titans had been imprisoned.
A. Hypnos  B. Thanatos  C. abyss  D. Tartarus
18. ____was the goddess of war, wisdom and handicraft.
A. Athena  B. Metis  C. Ares  D. Attica
19. Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty. The Greek word “aphros” means____.
A. foam  B. scallop  C. surf  D. blood
20. Apollo was the sun god, his forename “phoebus” means____.
A.bright  B. sunshine  C. music  D. oracle
21. ____ was the messenger of gods, also the god of thieves and traders.
  A. Hephaestus  B. Hermes  C. Atlas  D. Hestia
22. Dionysus was the god of____.
  A. wine and ecstasy  B. alcohol and carnival  C. the resurrection of the dead  D. madly drunkard
23. ____ , an epic poem attributed to Greek poet Homer, tells the story of the Trojan War.
A. The Iliad  B. Odyssey  C. Ulysses  D. Helen of Troy
24. ____ was doomed that he would kill his father and marry his mother. 
    A. Laius  B. Polynices  C. Oedipus  D. Daedalus
25.  The Olympics date back to ____.
A. 776 BC  B. the 12th century BC  C. 1896 BC  D. the 4th century AD
26. Originally, the Olympics was confined to ____.
A. running  B. jogging  C. wrestling  D. chariot racing
27. ____from the start had an indirect role in the festivities, since the winners were always lauded with garlands of laurel.
    A. Zeus  B. Apollo  C. Poseidon  D. Daphne
28. The idiom “Pandora’s box” means ____.
A. the fountainhead of all evils.
B. source of plagues
C. human’s hope
D. fatal temptation
29. “Tantalus’s torture” means ____.
  A. permanent frustration
today  B. permanent hunger
  C. eternal thirst
  D. torture from God
30. “Sisyphean task” suggests ____.
A. pushing a huge stone up a hill
B. everlasting fruitless hard labor
C. harsh punishment
D. betraying Zeus
31. “The golden apple” or “the apple of discord” involves the goddesses ____.
  A. Eris, Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena 
B. Aphrodite, Hera, Athena, and Helen
C. Aphrodite, Hera, Athena, and Cassandra
D. Eris, Aphrodite, Hera, and Artemis
32. “____heel” refers to the only part of the body that remains vulnerable.
A. Achilles’s  B. Achelles’s  C. Achiles’s  D. Achillis’s
33. The metaphorical meaning of the idiom ____ is the mystical person or thing that is hard to be understood.

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