Heroes of Olympus Test

Question 1

Persia’s main task

Answer 1

slay medusa

Question 2

Describe Medusa

Answer 2

• serpents for hair

- power to turn men to stone with her eyes

Question 3

weapons given to Perseus

Answer 3

• shield of Minerva
• knife of Mercury
• winged shoes of Mercury
• helmet of pluto
• pouch

Question 4

what happens when Perseus visits cave of 3 sisters?

Answer 4

• stole an eye and tooth

- wont give back until they give him his stuff(pouch, helmet, winged shoes)

Question 5

Perseus defeats Medusa by …

Answer 5

uses shield of Minerva to make medusa see herself and he beheaded her with the knife of mercury

Question 6

medusa’s death =

Answer 6

pegasus

Question 7

Andromeda captive because

Answer 7

used as a sacrifice to the sea monsters

Question 8

Perseus rescues Andromeda by

Answer 8

knife of mercury o the sea monster

Question 9

Perseus reward for saving andromeda

Answer 9

Bride

Question 10

Wedding party of Perseus

Answer 10

attacked, all suitors turned to stone by Medusa head

Question 11

Parents Hercules

Answer 11

Zeus and human mother = demigod

Question 12

tasks of hercules

Answer 12

12

Question 13

name of tasks

Answer 13

12 labors

Question 14

Juno jelouse of hercules because

Answer 14

angry about Zeus’s affair

Question 15

Juno’s revenge on hercules

Answer 15

• 12 labors
• insanity spell made him kill all his family
• 2 serpents when he was a baby

Question 16

who overseas hercules punishment

Answer 16

cousin-King Eurytheus

Question 17

All hercules 12 labors

Answer 17

• slay nemean lion
• kill water serpent
• capture arcadian stag
• slay deadly boar
• clean arcadian stables houses 300 oxen
• fight man-eating birds
• capture cretan bull
• capture man-eating horses of Diomedes
• get girdle of hippolyta (amazon queen)
• slay oxen of ceryon
• bring golden apples
• capture cerberus, guardian underworld

Question 18

What happens when hercules completed 12 impossible tasks

Answer 18

made immortal and becomes a constellation that forever circles the sky.

Question 19

what does theseus volunteer to do?

Answer 19

himself to be sacrificed to crete

turned loose in labyrinth

Question 20

what does ariadne do?

Answer 20

betrays king minos (father) to help Theseus. gives him ball of thread and sword

Question 21

what does theseus use the sword for and ball of thread

Answer 21

kill the minotaur

find his way out of the maze

Question 22

what does theseus do to ariadne

Answer 22

sail away and then abandoned her on the island

Question 23

what does theseus forget to do? what was result?

Answer 23

forgets to change sails from back to white. Father kills himself.

Question 24

jasons main task

Answer 24

find the golden fleece

Question 25

what was masons ship called

Answer 25

argo

Question 26

what was Jason’s challenges he had to face

Answer 26

fight harpies

safely through the crashing rocks

Question 27

what does medea do to help jason

Answer 27

uses magic to make dragon sleep, then jason can get golden fleece

Question 28

what happens after jasons journey with medea

Answer 28

they get married and have kids

Question 29

how is jason killed

Answer 29

on argo then a rotted beam that falls on him

Question 30

prophecy of oedipus

Answer 30

marry his mother and kill his father and bring misery to his native land

Question 31

when parents learn oedipus prophecy what do they do

Answer 31

abandon him in woods, shepherd helps him.

Question 32

oedipus adopted by

Answer 32

polyps king of corinth

Question 33

how does oedipus kill his real father

Answer 33

king laius, argument on road

Question 34

oedipus solves what? what happens after

Answer 34

sphinx riddle

gets to marry queen jocasta, real mother

Question 35

what does queen jocasta do when learns her husband is her son

Answer 35

commits suicide

Question 36

what happens to oedipus when he finds out everything

Answer 36

lives a life of misery
pokes his own eyes out with sticks
wanders aimlessly