Mythology Quiz: 12 Labors Of Hercules
Title says it all!
- 1.What was the first trial?
- A.
Capture a boar from mt.erymanthus
- B.
Capture the mares of king diomedes
- C.
To get the golden apples of hesperides
- D.
Kill the lion of nemea
- E.
Capture the cretan bull from minos
- 2.What happened in the first trial?
- A.
Captured a girdle
- B.
Drove into deer snow to trap it
- C.
Hercules choked him; brought lion to mycenae-eurytheus gave orders from afar
- D.
Brought cerebus back alive
- E.
Killed diomedes and took the mares
- 3.The second trial was to kill the Hydra, which had 9 heads and one was immortal, what happened in this trial?
- A.
Used arrows to kill them
- B.
Killed diomedes and took the mares
- C.
Didn't kill them at all
- D.
Turned the hydra mortal
- E.
Disposed the immortal heads by burying it under a rock
- 4.Hercule's third trial was to bring back a live stag or deer, with golden horns, what happened?
- A.
Choked the stag and brought it back
- B.
Took him a year to succeed this trial; went to the forest of cerynita
- C.
Overpowered the stag, brought it back, and released it
- D.
Brought back a dead stag
- E.
Brought back a live stag but it didn't have golden horns
- 5.The fourth trial was to capture a live boar from Mt. Erymanthus, what happened?
- A.
Captured it on a different mountain
- B.
Killed the boar on Mt. Erymanthus
- C.
Had to get permission to go on the mountain, but succeeded in capturing it (we don't know how the boar got captured)
- D.
Drove it into deep snow to trap it
- E.
He fell off the mountain and didn't make it back
- 6.What happened in trial#5, when Hercules had to clean the Augeas stables in one day?
- A.
Diverted the course into two rivers to get to the stables
- B.
Failed his trial, it was too difficult
- C.
Had help by cerebus so he could clean the stables in one day
- D.
Completed the trial, but it took him a week
- E.
Cleaned the stables, but they weren't approved
- 7.The sixth trial was to destroy the Stymphalion birds. These birds had steel wings and metal bodies. What happened to Hercules in this trial?
- A.
Drove the birds into a tree and shot them with a gun
- B.
Used arrows to kill them
- C.
Injured them, but didn't kill them
- D.
Killed some of them, but not all of them
- E.
Killed them by having a wild boar eat them
- 8.In trial seven, Hercules had to capture the cretan bull from Minos. How did this happen?
- A.
Overpowered the bull and kept him captured
- B.
Overpowered the bull and brought him back to Hades and released him
- C.
Overpowered the bull and brought him back to Eurystheus and released him
- D.
Captured the cretan bull, but it was dead
- E.
None of these
- 9.The eigth trial was capturing the mares of King Diomedes. What happened?
- A.
He killed the mares
- B.
He captured the mares, but kept Diomedes alive
- C.
He killed Diomedes
- D.
Both a & c
- E.
Killed Diomedes and took the mares
- 10.The ninth trial was to retrieve the girdle of Queen Hippolyta, what happened?
- A.
He retrieved the girdle, but lost it
- B.
Hercules won and captured the girdle
- C.
He could not capture the girdle in the first place
- D.
The Queen retrieved it before him
- E.
None of the above
- 11.The tenth trial for Hercules was to release the oxen of Geryones, what went on during this trial?
- A.
Hercules had captured the monster with 3 bodies, the oxen clubbed the monster and released Hercules
- B.
Hercules had captured the oxen with 4 bodies, Hercules clubbed the oxen and released the monster
- C.
Monster had captured the oxen with 3 bodies, Hercules clubbed the monster and released the oxen
- D.
Hercules had captured both the monster and oxen
- E.
Monster had captured Hercules and the oxen clubbed the monster
- 12.In the second to last trial, Hercules had to get the golden apples of Hesperides, what occured in this trial?
- A.
Hercules found the golden apples instantly and didn't need any help
- B.
Hercules made a deal with Diomede and Diomede agreed to find the golden apples, which he did find
- C.
Hercules had failed in getting the golden apples of Hesperides
- D.
Hercules asked Atlas for help, but she refused because she disliked him.
- E.
Hercules went to Atlas, she agreed to give him the apples if they switched places, so he held the world while she got the apples
- 13.The last trial was the most dangerous one, Hercules had to bring Cerebus alive back to Eurystheus, what happened?
- A.
Never asked permission from Hades to take Cerebus, but Hercules took Cerebus and brought him back
- B.
Went to Hades for permission to take Cerebus and back and he said yes so Hercules brought him back
- C.
Asked permission from Hades to take Cerebus and back
- D.
Hercules took Cerebus and back, even though Hades didn't want him too
- E.
Both c & d
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