• 1. 
    In ancient Greece, who is the underworld god described as a personification of death whose realm, divided from the land of the living by terrible rivers, resembles the Mesopotamian land of the dead?

  • Hades
  • Aether
  • Acheron
  • Horux
  • 2. 
    This king of the underworld rules with his queen. What is her name?

  • Sybillia
  • Demeter
  • Persephone
  • Hera
  • 3. 
    What kind of seed did Persephone eat in the underworld that required her to spend a portion of the year there with Hades?

  • Tamarind
  • Pummelo
  • Pomegranate
  • Sapodilla
  • 4. 
    Which Greek god was overthrown by his sons, who then divided his kingdom among themselves?

  • Cronus
  • Hephaestus
  • Nemesis
  • Thanatos
  • 5. 
    What is the name of the monstrous three-headed watchdog of the underworld, said to devour anyone who tries to escape the kingdom of Hades?

  • Cerberus
  • Chimera
  • Cerastes
  • Ceteus
  • 6. 
    One of the labors of which warrior was to bring the monstrous watchdog of the underworld up to the land of the living?

  • Hyperion
  • Jason
  • Heracles
  • Achilles
  • 7. 
    Which underworld creatures were assigned the task of personally torturing the guilty after judgment?

  • Hydras
  • Furies
  • Horae
  • Harpies
  • 8. 
    The name of which underworld river literally means “shuddering” and expresses loathing of death?

  • Lethe
  • Styx
  • Acheron
  • Phlegethon
  • 9. 
    Whose duty is it to ferry the souls of the newly dead and properly buried across the river Acheron or Styx, which divides the world of the living from the world of the dead?

  • Centaurus
  • Ceteus
  • Charon
  • Chiron
  • 10. 
    In ancient Greek custom, before a body was buried, a coin was placed with it to pay for the soul’s ferry ride to the underworld. In or on what part of the body was the coin placed?

  • Heart
  • Eye
  • Mouth
  • Throat
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