Multiple Choice Random

Question 1

Which god was the Roman equivalent of the Greek God which was the father of Zeus

Answer 1

Zeus’ father was Kronos and his Roman equivalent is Saturn

Question 2

Which King of Lydia sought Oracles from Apollo at Delphi before the Persian Wars?

Answer 2

According to Herodotus, it was King Croesus

Question 3

How many months does Persephone live with her husband Hades in the underworld, according to the ‘Homeric Hymn to Demeter’?

Answer 3

Three months

Question 4

Which Babylonian King sacked Jerusalem and carried the Jews off into exile?

Answer 4

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 5

Which book of the Christian Bible narrates the travels of St Paul?

Answer 5

The book of Acts of the Apostles

Question 6

Which Greek god was associated with the planet Jupiter?

Answer 6

Zeus

Question 7

Who was Medea’s Father?

Answer 7

King Aeetes

Question 8

Which ancient oracle had a temple dedicated to Zeus?

Answer 8

Dodona

Dione was the Oracle. The shrine of Dodona was the oldest Hellenic oracle according to Herodotus

Question 9

What was the Pythia?

Answer 9

Priestess to Apollo at Delphi

Question 10

Which Egyptian goddess shares epithets with Demeter and Aphrodite?

Answer 10

Isis

Question 11

What is the name for Divination by birds?

Answer 11

Ornithomancy

Question 12

Name four gods which all represent the sun and light?

Answer 12

Apollo: god of light, music and archery
Helios: god of the sun
Ra: Egyptian deity of the sun
Hyperion: one of the Titans, son of Gaia and Ouranus. God of watchfulness, wisdom and the light

Question 13

Which emperors formed the Flavian dynasty, built the Colosseum, and continued the persecution of Christian’s after the Emperor Nero?

Answer 13

Vespasian, Titus and Domitian

Question 14

The ritual where young Spartan men were required to steal cheese from an altar was dedicated to?

Answer 14

Artemis

Question 15

Did Perseus fight in the Trojan war at Troy?

Answer 15

No

Question 16

What is a Maenad?

Answer 16

A female follower of Dionysus

Question 17

What was the name of the greatest mortal seer in Ancient Greek Mythology?

Answer 17

Tiresias was a great seer. He was blind

Question 18

A chimera is a mythical beast with the heads of a…?

Answer 18

A lion, a goat and a snake

Question 19

Who were the two primary Olympian gods worshiped at ancient Corinth?

Answer 19

Aphrodite and Poseidon

Question 20

What did Athena give the Athenians?

Answer 20

An olive tree

Question 21

What festival is probably shown being celebrated on the Parthenon frieze?

Answer 21

The Panathenaia

Question 22

Which of the animal did Theseus kill?

Answer 22

He killed the Crommyonian sow

Question 23

Who are the sons of Zeus and Tyndareus?

Answer 23

Castor and Pollux

Castor was fathered by King Tyndareus. His wife Leda was also seduced by Zeus In the form of a swan on the same night.

Question 24

Which Ancient Greek cities had a temple of Athena on their Acropolis?

Answer 24

Athens and Sparta

Question 25

What was the first labour of Heracles?

Answer 25

The Nemean Lion

Question 26

Which Deity opposed Odysseus’ return home to Ithaca?

Answer 26

Poseidon opposed it because Odysseus had tricked his son the Cyclops

Question 27

Which deity opposed Aeneas voyage from Troy to Italy?

Answer 27

Juno

Question 28

Which deity did not have a temple beside the forum at Ancient Rome?

Answer 28

Bacchus (Roman god of wine) had a temple at Heliopolis Syriaca (Lebanon) but not beside the forum in Rome

Question 29

Who leads Aeneas down to the underworld?

Answer 29

Sibyl

Question 30

Which of the following is not an example of epigraphic text

Answer 30

A manuscript is not but a gravestone, curse tablet and a Linear B tablet are

Question 31

Which goddess transforms Lucius back into a man at the end of Apuleius’ novel ‘Metamorphoses’?

Answer 31

Isis