Name: ______________________ Demeter and Persephone Questions 1.

The land, once “green and flowering,” becomes “icebound and lifeless” because of whose disappearance? a) Demeter b) Persephone c) Hades d) the sun

2.

The God of the Underworld entices Demeter’s daughter with what flower? a) Hyacinth b) Anemone c) Narcissus d) Rose

3.

Who reveals to Demeter her daughter’s location? a) the sun b) the ocean c) Hades d) Zeus

4.

Who invites Demeter (in disguise) into her home? a) Metaneira b) Eleusis c) Ariadne d) Daphne

5.

Demeter wished to bestow upon Demophoon (son of Celeus): a) a curse for all time b) immortal youth c) uncountable wealth d) a palace and servants

6.

What must be built for Demeter because of the women’s lack of faith? a) a statue of Demeter b) gardens in Demeter’s honor c) a palace for Demeter’s children d) a temple in Eleusis

7.

Who does Zeus first send to the Underworld to speak with Hades and Demeter’s daughter?

a) Rhea c) Hermes

b) Hera d) Demeter

8.

What fruit’s seed does Hades have his bride eat? a) apple b) peach c) pear d) pomegranate

9.

Who informs Demeter (for Zeus) that her daughter must remain in the Underworld for part of each year? a) Rhea b) Hera c) Hermes d) Persephone

10.

What does this story explain the creation of? a) the calendar c) seasons

11.

b) storms d) rise and fall of the moon

Who, forever after this, brings with her the “memory of where she had come from” and did not ever have the carefree nature she once possessed? a) Demeter b) Metaneira c) Persephone d) Rhea

Bonus: Who becomes Demeter’s ambassador to men from Eleusis?