The Gorgon's Head Quiz by Anne Terry White @edgiecortez6272019

1.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Perseus' grandfather is King _________

Acrisius

Danae

Dictys

Dodona

Polydectes

2.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Acrisius went to the Oracle at Delphi and was told that who would kill him?

His daughter

His son

His grandson

Medusa

Theseus

3.

Multiple Select

2 mins

1 pt

In order to prevent this prophecy from happening, Acrisius did which TWO things? PICK BOTH

Sent Perseus to kill Medusa

Locked his daughter in an underground room

Left his grandson tied to a tree in the forest

Put his daughter and his grandson in a chest and tossed it into the ocean

Begged his father Zeus to overrule the Fates

4.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

How did Zeus disguise himself in order to "bless" Danae?

As a bull

As a golden rain shower

As a swan

As her husband

With a covering of clouds

5.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

How many Gorgons are there?

1

2

3

4

there are several gaggles of Gorgons

6.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What happens if you look at a Gorgon?

You will be filled with a desire to "hold hands"

You will be driven crazy

You will be turned to stone

You will go blind

You will be paralyzed and experience pain as they eat you alive

7.

Multiple Select

2 mins

1 pt

Which TWO gods/goddesses come to Perseus' aid? Pick BOTH.

Athena

Hermes

Zeus

Dionysus

Artemis

8.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What do the Grey Women share between them?

Their kills

A magical staff

A head

A tongue

An eye

9.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What does Hermes give Perseus?

A magical cloak

A sword

A shield

A magic ring

Flying shoes

10.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What does Athena give Perseus?

A magical cloak

A mechanical owl

A real owl

A shield

A helmet

11.

Multiple Select

2 mins

1 pt

What do the nymphs of the north give to Perseus? PICK ALL

An owl

A magical wallet

Winged sandals

Armor made by Hephaestus

An invisibility cap

12.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

How many Gorgons are immortal?

1

2

3

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why is Andromeda being sacrificed?

She defied Zeus

Her father refused to sacrifice to Poseidon

It is what the kingdom does every 7 years

Her mother claimed to be more beautiful than the sea nymphs

14.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Why is King Polydectes angry?

Perseus did not return fast enough

Danae refuses to marry him

He doesn't think the gods deserve praise

He wanted his daughter to marry Perseus

Zeus is punishing him for Perseus killing the serpent

15.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

What happens to King Polydectes?

He gets turned to stone

The kraken kills him

He gets pulled to Hades alive

Perseus beheads him

He is forced to serve King Perseus

16.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

How does Perseus kill Acrisius?

He turned him to stone with Medusa's head

He decapitates him

With his really bad athletic skills

Locks him in the underground room

Locks him in a chest and tosses it in the ocean (karma, baby!)

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Prometheus

three-headed dog who guards the gates of the underworld

wild, unruly, bird-winged maidens appear as ugly hags

a Titan who brought fire to man; Zeus's enemy

female spirits of the sea

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Medusa

one of 3 sisters called Gorgons, hair of live snakes

female spirits of the sea

3 avenging spirits controlled by Hades

body of a goat, head of a lion, tail of a serpent

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Danae's father, he fears his grandson will kill him.

Dictys

Polydectes

Acrisius

Cepheus

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Perseus marries her after rescuing her from a sea serpent

Andromeda

Cassiopeia

Ethiopia

Europa

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Mother of Perseus

Andromeda

Casseopeia

Danae

Pasiphae

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Father of Perseus

Acrisius

Polydectes

Poseidon

Zeus

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This god raped Medusa in Athena's temple

Zeus

Poseidon

Ares

Dictys

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The evil ruler who wants to marry Danae; he is killed by Medusa's stare.

Acrisius

Dictys

Polydectes

Aegeus

25.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Perseus cuts off this monster's head

Medusa

Chimera

Scylla

Hydra

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This god loans Perseus his winged sandals

Hades

Hermes

Athena

Apollo

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Medusa was once a priestess of this goddess

Aphrodite

Artemis

Hestia

Athena

28.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Acrisius was killed by this item

Medusa's head

a discus

poisonous snakes

the Chimera

29.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The fisherman who rescues Perseus and his mother, freeing them from the chest

Dictys

Polydectes

Acrisius

Graea

30.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Three old women who share one eyeball; they tell Perseus how to find the Stygian nymphs

Graces

Muses

Furies

Graea

31.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Any person who is half human and half god

hero

demigod

semigod

elysian

32.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

She brags that her daughter is more beautiful than the daughters of Nereus

Andromeda

Naxos

Cassiopeia

Ethiopia

33.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Son of Zeus and Danae

Theseus

Acrisius

Perseus

Dictys

34.

Multiple Choice

15 mins

1 pt

Why was King Acrisius afraid of his grandchild?

Grandchild would be a daughter

Grandchild would one day rule over the king

Grandchild would one day kill the king

Grandchild would one day need childcare

35.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What did the oracle foretell about Perseus?

That he would kill the Gorgon Medusa

That he will fall in love with Andromeda

That Perseus will grow snakes for hair

That Danae would bear a son that would kill Perseus' grandfather, Acrisius

36.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What did Acrisius do when he heard about the prophecy?

He shut Danae and baby Perseus in a wooden chest and sent them out to sea

He yelled at them

He approached Zeus to ask him to reverse the prophecy

He got in touch with his fisherman friends and asked them to keep a look out

37.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Where did the chest drift to and who found them?

Argos / Andromeda

The underworld / Hades

Island of Seriphos / fisherman Dictys

Crete / Minotaur

38.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How was the prophecy fulfilled?

Acrisius was hit in the head with a discus by Perseus during some games

Acrisius slipped and fell

Acrisius was condemned to be sacrificed to the sea monster also because he tried to stop the prophecy

Acrisius befriended Hades and told him to chase and kill Perseus but he died instead

39.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Country that Andromeda comes from

Greece

Athens

Thebes

Ethiopeia

40.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The blood from Medusa's head produces these

statues

snakes

scorpions

poison

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