Minor Gods Quiz

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1. What games awarded laurel wreaths to victors?

   1. The Nemean Games
   2. The Pythian Games
   3. The Olympic Games
   4. The Isthmian Games
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   Answer: The Pythian Games

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2. Which poet wrote a poem titled 'Oenone'?

   1. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
   2. Virgil
   3. Homer
   4. Ovid
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   Answer: Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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3. What flower sprang from Aphrodite's tears while mourning Adonis?

   1. Anemones
   2. Daisies
   3. Lilies
   4. Roses
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   Answer: Anemones

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4. What did Calypso offer Odysseus if he would stay with her?

   1. A throne on Olympus
   2. A kingdom
   3. Immortality
   4. A ship
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   Answer: Immortality

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5. What was the name of the Graea meaning 'horror'?

   1. Eris
   2. Deino
   3. Enyo
   4. Pemphredo
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   Answer: Enyo

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6. Which goddess promised Paris the most beautiful woman in the world?

   1. Athena
   2. Hera
   3. Aphrodite
   4. Artemis
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   Answer: Aphrodite

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7. Who owned the Garden of the Hesperides?

   1. Demeter
   2. Athena
   3. Persephone
   4. Hera
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   Answer: Hera

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8. Who is the mother of Astraea?

   1. Athena
   2. Demeter
   3. Eos
   4. Hera
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   Answer: Eos

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9. Apollo is described as the god of light, music, and what else?

   1. Prophecy
   2. The harvest
   3. The sea
   4. War
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   Answer: Prophecy

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10. What type of nymph was Oenone?

    1. Oread
    2. Nereid
    3. Naiad
    4. Dryad
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    Answer: Oread

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