Hercules' Test
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Test Unit 1
Nombre Course: 7 _____
Ideal Score: Real Score: Note________
Remember that you can only use a ballpoint pen and write in clear and legible handwriting; if the handwriting is illegible,
it will not be corrected.
1. Complete the following table about the twelve labors of Hercules (11 points):
Task assigned by Eurystheus Creature with which one faces
Example:
Bring the skin of the Nemean lion Nemean Lion
Hydra of Lerna
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Erymanthian Boar
Birds of Lake Stymphalus
Bull of Crete
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Diomedes and his servants
Hippolyta and her Amazons
The giant Geryon, his herdsman (the one who takes care of
the oxen) and a three-headed dog
Nereo, transformed into different animals,
Cerberus
2. What characteristics or actions of Hercules and other characters in the story show that the
Does the story not take place in the real world? Would you have liked to live there? Explain why.
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II.- MULTIPLE CHOICE: Answer only when you are sure, remember that you cannot make
blots.
3.- Who wrote the story of the myth of Hercules?
a) Aristotle
b) Homer
c) Anonymous
d) Zeus
4.- What is the most outstanding moral characteristic in Hercules?
a) Force
b) obedience
angry
loyal to the king
5.- What characteristics of a demigod did Hercules have? He was a
mortal
god
demigod
man
What characteristics did the twelve labors of Hercules have?
they were impossible to fulfill
b) required all the cunning of the hero
c) they were given because Hercules killed his family
d) he was the son of Zeus, so he could perform the tasks
7.- The first job was
a) to kill the Hydra of Lerna
b) to kill the birds of Lake Stymphalus
c) to kill the Nemean lion
d) Dominated the Cerberus.
8.- "Also Zeus, like a caring father, watched over him from the summit of the bleeding mountain.
“Olimpo”. The narrator present in the quote is
omniscient
b) Witness
c) objective
d) protagonist
9.- What happened at the Rock of Gibraltar?
Hercules died.
b) the pillars of Hercules were raised
c) the Amazons lived
He killed the Hydra of Lerna
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10.-Paired Terms
In column A, write the number of the definition from column B.
Column A Column B
unfortunate Rabid
_____ to light 2.- Paste
_____ irritable 3.- require
_____ To admonish 4.- Out of luck
_____ newcomer 5.- Stranger
_____ To crouch 6.- To sweep away
_____ Succumb 7.-to die
_____ Asolar 8.- To hide oneself
_____ To scratch 9: - Cross
_____ Marsh 10.- Marshy land flooded with seawater
8th. Explain the punishment that the oracle of Delphi imposes on Hercules.
9th. What strategy does Hercules follow to defeat the lion?
10. What happens to the Hydra of Lerna every time one of its heads is cut off?
heads?
11. What kind of creatures are centaurs?
12. What was the Golden Fleece?
13. Who helps Hercules to get rid of the Stymphalian birds and what gift
Does he deliver it?
14. What havoc does the white bull of Crete cause to the Cretans?
15. What do the Amazons fundamentally dedicate themselves to and how do they treat the
men? What did the mutilation consist of that allowed them to handle the bow and the
launch?
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16. Who does the golden apple tree in the garden belong to?
Hesperides and who guards it?
17. Who does Hercules talk to when he heads to the Styx River and what does he
promise?
18. What is the challenge that King Eurytus throws at Hercules? What
What prize does Hercules hope to achieve?
19. Define the following words that appear in the book:
Damage:
Indemnity
Talisman:
Voracious
20. Complete the following table with the missing data, indicating the qualities or
characteristics, as well as the name of the corresponding Greek or Roman god:
NAME OF QUALITIES OR CHARACTERISTICS NAME OF GOD
GREEK GOD ROMAN
APOLLO God of the sun, of the arts and of FEBO
divination.
God of wine, of sensuality,
inventor of theater.
DIANA
HADES
Protector of the family and of
marriage.
MERCURY
God of metals. He ruled over
volcanoes and fire and made
jewels in a forge.
ATHENA
NEPTUNE
God of heaven and phenomena
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atmospheric...
