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This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1
1
Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 Perhaps indicative of his origins, the name of Poseidon appears to mean ______.
 
Fresh Water
the Ram
Father Sky
Wheat Father
End of Question 1


Question 2
2
Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 With his wife ______, Poseidon produced Triton among many other sea beings.
 
Proserpina
Nereid
Amphitritê
Ariel
End of Question 2


Question 3
3
Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 Poseidon is the god of the sea, earthquakes, and ______.
 
death
olive trees
sand storms
horses
End of Question 3


Question 4
4
Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 Poseidon lost out in a competition with Athena. The building ______ on the Acropolis in Athens is where the marks Poseidon made with his trident during the contest could be seen.
 
Poseidoneum
Erechtheum
Parthenon
Propyleum
End of Question 4


Question 5
5
Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 The name "Hades" means ______.
 
the Enricher
wealth
the Invisible
death
End of Question 5


Question 6
6
Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 ______, the Queen of the Underworld, is the wife of Hades.
 
Hestia
Persephonê
Demeter
Ereshkigel
End of Question 6


Question 7
7
Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 We might be able to conclude that Apollo was a god originally from Asia Minor because he is often called ______.
 
Ionian
Lycian
Phoebus
Hyperborean
End of Question 7


Question 8
8
Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 Hephaestus probably derives from the island of ______.
 
Lemnos
Thera
Crete
Delos
End of Question 8


Question 9
9
Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 Hermes's name, indicative of his origin and function, comes from a word that means ______.
 
stone heap
dice
commerce
lie
End of Question 9


Question 10
10
Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 The god Apollo needs to be purified because he ______.
 
killed a young man
killed a serpent
brought Hippolytus back from the dead
killed Hippolytus
End of Question 10






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