Quiz: No One Can Get Above A 60% On This Ancient Greek Test. Can You?

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May the Gods be with you.

Challenge yourself with this ultimate Ancient Greek history test to find out how much you know about Ancient Greek society.

Vanessa
 Apr 08, 2018

1 of 18Pick your answer!

Who was the Greek God of wine?
Ares
Poseidon
Dionysus

2 of 18Pick your answer!

The Greeks hid in a giant wooden horse to get into which city?
Athens
Troy
Atlantis

3 of 18Pick your answer!

Achilles had one weak point on his body. Where was it?
Ear
Heel
Wrist

4 of 18Pick your answer!

Where did the Gods live?
Mout Olympus
The Parthenon in Athens
The island of Mykonos

5 of 18Pick your answer!

What horrific act did the mythical Oedipus do?
Ate his own children
Burnt down the city of Thebes
Killed his father and married his mother

6 of 18Pick your answer!

Which domain did the God, Hades rule?
The heavens
The Underworld
The sea

7 of 18Pick your answer!

The mythical figure of Arachne was later turned into what?
Serpent
Pig
Spider

8 of 18Pick your answer!

Phoebe, Themis, Cronus and Hyperion were what in Ancient Greek mythology?
Titans
Gods
Humans

9 of 18Pick your answer!

Which of these Goddesses was married to Zeus?
Aphrodite
Hera
Athena

10 of 18Pick your answer!

What kind of creature had only one eye?
Centaur
Hydra
Cyclops

11 of 18Pick your answer!

The word "hubris" referred to what in Ancient Greek society?
Defiance of the Gods
Extreme bravery
Hospitality toward guests

12 of 18Pick your answer!

Some of the Gods were brothers and sisters.
True
False

13 of 18Pick your answer!

Which Greek woman is said to have been so beautiful that her face launched 1,000 ships?
Penelope
Helen
Cassandra

14 of 18Fill in the blank!

The Pegasus was a __________ with wings.
Human
Cat
Horse

15 of 18Pick your answer!

Who is the Goddess of the hunting, the wilderness and wild animals?
Demeter
Hestia
Artemis

16 of 18Pick your answer!

After the Trojan War, Odysseus came straight home to his wife.
True
False

17 of 18Pick your answer!

What part of Greece did the famous 300 warriors come from?
Athens
Sparta
Crete

18 of 18Pick your answer!

Which creature could turn people into stone with her ugliness?
Gorgon Medusa
Siren
Minotaur
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Know a lot about Ancient Greece? Then take this challenging Ancient Greek history quiz to test yourself! Answer questions about Ancient Greek society, including about the gods: Zeus, Athena, Hera, Poseidon, Hades and more. Answer challenging questions about Greek texts like The Odyssey and The Iliad, and about what life was like in Ancient Greece.