Chapter 22 Questions

Question 1

Who is the younger brother of Heracles? 
A. Iphicles 
B. Iolaüs 
C. Nessus 
D. Electryon

Answer 1

A. Iolaüs (563)

Question 2

Who wrote a "tragicomedy" around the conception of Heracles? 
A. Homer 
B. Sophocles 
C. Euripides 
D. Plautus

Answer 2

D. Plautus (563)

Question 3

What Greek hero did Heracles rescue from the Underworld? 
A. Alcestis 
B. Prometheus 
C. Theseus 
D. Pirithoüs

Answer 3

C. Theseus (573)

Question 4

Who was the king of Oechalia with whom Heracles had a conflict? 
A. Alcyoneus 
B. Eurytus 
C. Laomedon 
D. Neleus

Answer 4

B. Eurytus (577)

Question 5

Who aids Heracles in his self-immolation? 
A. Hyllus 
B. Ceyx 
C. Nessus 
D. Poeas

Answer 5

D. Poeas (579)

Question 6

Where is Heracles' traditional birthplace? 
A. Athens 
B. Sparta 
C. Crete 
D. Thebes

Answer 6

D. Thebes (562)

Question 7

Who were Heracles' real parents? 
A. Alcmena and Amphitryon 
B. Alcmena and Zeus 
C. Hera and Iphicles 
D. Hera and Zeus

Answer 7

B. Alcmena and Zeus (563)

Question 8

Which tutor did Heracles kill? 
A. Linus, his music teacher 
B. Amphitryon, his chariot-driving instructor 
C. Autolycus, his wrestling coach 
D. Eurytus, his archery instructor

Answer 8

A. Linus, his music teacher (564)

Question 9

Heracles lay with the fifty daughters of: 
A. Danaüs 
B. Pontus 
C. Linus 
D. Thespius

Answer 9

D. Thespius (564)

Question 10

Heracles was to serve Eurystheus for twelve years, during which her performed his twelve labors for what offense?
A. He had insulted Hera.
B. He had tried to rob Eurystheus of his kingship.
C. He had lied about his parentage.
D. He had killed his wife and children in a mad rage.

Answer 10

D. He had killed his wife and children in a mad rage. (566)

Question 11

What is the Greek word for labor or contest? 
A. labores 
B. athloi 
C. parerga 
D. eurysthiae

Answer 11

B. athloi (566)

Question 12

In which labor did Hercules face a huge crab and have the aid of Iolaus? 
A. the Cerynean hind 
B. the Erymanthian boar 
C. the Lernaean hydra 
D. the Stymphalian birds

Answer 12

C. the Lernaean hydra (566)

Question 13

With which city is Heracles' legend not particularly associated? 
A. Athens 
B. Argos 
C. Mycenae 
D. Tiryns

Answer 13

A. Athens (562)

Question 14

Who were the descendants of Heracles? 
A. the Teleboeans 
B. the Achaeans 
C. the Egyptians 
D. the Heraclidae

Answer 14

D. the Heraclidae (583)

Question 15

The first of Heracles' twelve labors was the: 
A. Stymphalian birds 
B. Erymanthian boar 
C. Mares of Diomedes 
D. Nemean lion

Answer 15

D. Nemean lion (566)

Question 16

Heracles spared the lives of the Cercopes, two mischievous dwarfs, because:
A. He didn’t have the heart to kill those ill-matched for him.
B. They made fun of his sunburnt behind and made him laugh.
C. Zeus had commanded him to let them go.
D. He found out that they were, in fact, his cousins.

Answer 16

B. They made fun of his sunburnt behind and made him laugh. (574)

Question 17

Heracles missed the Argonaut expedition because:
A. He fell asleep, and when he awoke Jason had already set sail.
B. He was afraid of sea travel.
C. He had eaten so much, he almost sank the ship.
D. He lost track of time searching for his beloved Hylas.

Answer 17

D. He lost track of time searching for his beloved Hylas. (575)

Question 18

By besting the river-god Acheloüs, Heracles won the hand of: 
A. Iole 
B. Omphale 
C. Deïanira 
D. Oechalia

Answer 18

C. Deïanira (576)

Question 19

Heracles experienced “death” by which of the following?
A. He had wounded Hera, so she killed him.
B. He had attempted to battle Apollo, and Zeus struck him with his thunderbolt.
C. He was engulfed in flames from a blood-soaked robe and then burned on a pyre.
D. He had tried to battle Hades himself and lost.

Answer 19

C. He was engulfed in flames from a blood-soaked robe and then burned on a pyre. (577)

Question 20

Which is not one of Heracles' twelve labors? 
A. the killing of the Nemean lion 
B. the cleaning of the Augean stables 
C. the capture of Cerberus 
D. the slaughter of the giant Antaeus

Answer 20

D. the slaughter of the giant Antaeus (573)

Question 21

Who helped Heracles fetch the Apples of the Hesperides? 
A. Iolaus 
B. Atlas 
C. Nessus 
D. Chiron

Answer 21

B. Atlas (572)

Question 22

Nessus was:
A. a dragon killed by Heracles
B. one of Heracles’ companions on the voyage of the Argonauts
C. a centaur who plotted Heracles’ death
D. a servant of Heracles

Answer 22

C. a centaur who plotted Heracles’ death (576)

Question 23

Omphale was:
A. one of the Amazons
B. the woman to whom Heracles was sold as a slave for one year
C. the one who helped Heracles chase off the Stymphalian birds
D. Heracles’ first wife

Answer 23

B. the woman to whom Heracles was sold as a slave for one year (579)

Question 24

King Phylacus asked Melampus to: 
A. rid his country of a savage boar 
B. cure his son's impotence 
C. marry his daughter 
D. capture Pegasus

Answer 24

B. cure his son’s impotence (569)

Question 25

For the last of his twelve labors, Heracles had to: 
A. capture the Cretan bull 
B. fetch the cattle of Geryon 
C. drag Cerberus from the Underworld 
D. defeat the giant Cacus

Answer 25

C. drag Cerberus from the Underworld (573)

Question 26

Iole was: 
A. a woman with whom Heracles fell in love 
B. a boy who was raised as a girl 
C. a nine-headed serpent 
D. the mother of Iolaus

Answer 26

A. a woman with whom Heracles fell in love (577)