Demeter And Persephone
Read and then answer the following questions
- 1.Ancient people made up stories called myths to explain
- A.
The layers of the earth
- B.
The three states of matter
- C.
Many natural events
- D.
The laws of motion
- 2.What event in nature did this myth supposedly explain?
- A.
Why some places have changing seasons.
- B.
Why we have short days
- C.
Why we call earth by that name
- D.
Why the sun rises and sets
- 3.Who was Demeter?
- A.
The goddess of the harvest
- B.
The father of time
- C.
Goddess of love
- D.
The daughter of all living things
- 4.Which one do you like?
- A.
Didn't care about the people on earth
- B.
Wanted to be rid of the people on earth
- C.
Felt responsible for people
- D.
Wanted to become human
- 5.Pluto was the god of all the world under the
- A.
Water
- B.
Ground
- C.
Moon
- D.
Sun
- 6.In the myth, it said Demeter grieved a long time. What does the word grieved mean
- A.
Grieved means feel relieved
- B.
Grieved means be happy
- C.
Grieved means approved
- D.
Grieved means mourned
- 7.In the myth, when did Persephone get to return to Earth?
- A.
She went back up to Earth in the spring
- B.
She went back up to Earth in the fall
- C.
She went back up to Earth in the winter
- D.
She never gets to go back up
- 8.In the myth, what did the pomegranate seeds eaten by Persephone represent?
- A.
The seeds she ate represented the three months Persephone is on top of the ground.
- B.
The seeds she ate represented the year Persephone is on top of the earth.
- C.
The seeds she ate represented the three months Persephone is in the underwo
- D.
The seeds she ate represented the four months Persephone is in the underworld.
- 9.How do we now explain the changing of the seasons in some places?
- A.
When one part of the Earth has a stronger magnetic field, it has summer. When the magnetic field is weaker, that area has winter.
- B.
The Earth rotates at a tilt, so when a part of the Earth is tipped toward the sun, it has summer. When that part is tilted away from the sun, it has winter.
- C.
When meteors have frost, Earth has winter. When meteors have heat, Earth has summer.
- D.
When ocean temperatures rise the Earth has winter. When ocean temperatures drop, the Earth has summer.
- 10.According to the myth, how many bites of the pomegranate did Persephone eat?
- A.
None
- B.
Three
- C.
Four
- D.
Eight
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