Matching Quiz on the Gods and Goddesses

Do you think you know the Greek gods and goddesses? See if this little quiz proves you right. The format is your basic matching quiz, with a question or identifying comment on the left to be matched with a name on the right. The questions and comments are numbered, while the names are labeled with letters from the alphabet, from A to Z -- actually Y, since there are only 25.

Here is an example:

Sample:

I.   King of the gods     a. Athena
II.  The Twice-Born       b. Dionysus
III. Born fully armed     c. Odysseus
IV.  Wily                 d. Zeus

The sample answers are:

  1. d. 
  2. b.
  3. a.
  4. c.

Here are the matching quiz questions:

MATCHING QUIZ

1.  Goddess of the Hearth               A. Aphrodite
2.  Goddess of Crafts                   B. Athena
3.  Goddess of Marriage                 C. Demeter
4.  Goddess of Grain                    D. Hera
5.  Goddess of Love                     E. Hestia


6.  God of the Sea                      F. Apollo
7.  Goddess of the Hunt                 G. Ares
8.  God of Commerce                     H. Artemis
9.  God of War                          I. Hermes
10. God of Music                        J. Poseidon


11. Demeter's Son-in-Law                K. Circe
12. Son of Hermes                       L. Hades
13. Mother of Apollo                    M. Hephaestus
14. Husband of Aphrodite                N. Leto
15. Daughter of the Sun (god)           O. Pan


16. Mate of Odysseus                     P. Atlas
17. He brought fire to man               Q. Calypso
18. He holds the world                   R. Deucalion
19. He survived the flood                S. Epimetheus
20. Mate of Pandora                      T. Prometheus


21. Father of Zeus                      U. Cronus
22. Gave Zeus Lightning                 V. Cyclops
23. Made Antaeus strong                 W. Dionysus
24. Offspring of Themis                 X. Gaia
25. Rode a panther                      Y. Horai

Hint:

1. Although you could probably do the whole quiz on the basis of two columns -- one of names and one of attributes, the questions and answers are broken up and separated into five groups of five, so you have only five identifying concepts to pair with five names (of mostly gods and goddesses) at a time.

The groups are meant to progress in difficulty or in terms of how esoteric the information may be.

2. You may read about each of the gods or other mythological figures by clicking on the hyperlinked name.

Answers:

Space provided to make it harder to sneak a peak at the answers.

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