Greek Myth - Pandora
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Prometheus's Gift
Heinrich von Füger
The Creation of Man by Prometheus
(1790)
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Multiple Choice
Which generation is Prometheus from?
First Order (Erebus, Nyx, etc.)
Second Order (Ouranos, Gaia, etc.)
The Gods (Zeus, Hera, etc.)
The Titans (Kronos, Rhea, etc.)
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Multiple Choice
Prometheus was the best friend of...
Poseidon
Hades
Zeus
Kronos
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Multiple Choice
Zeus likes to transform himself into a(n)...
whale
eagle
dog
nymph
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Multiple Choice
Why did Zeus decide to create humanity?
He wanted humans to rule the Earth
He wanted to keep his brother and sister gods occupied
He was bored
He believed humans would help him defend his throne from usurpers
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"Prometheus Creating Man in Clay" by Constantin Hansen (1845)
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Multiple Choice
Why aren't there blue, violet and green people in the world?
Prometheus thought they were ugly
Zeus accidentally stepped on them
Athena suggested the colors that Prometheus should use
Gaia decreed that humans should be the color of earth
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Open Ended
Who is Athena?
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"Creation of Man" -- painting by Christian Griepenkerl (1889)
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Multiple Choice
How did Athena help to create humanity?
She sculpted humans from clay
She breathed life into them
She was the model for human females
She gave her blood to run through human veins
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Multiple Choice
Why did Zeus want all humans to be male?
Zeus thought that males were more attractive than females
If Zeus created women, his wife, Hera, would be mad
Zeus wanted the humans to look exactly like him
Zeus worried that female humans would create too much trouble for the males
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Multiple Choice
What materials did Prometheus use to craft the original humans?
clay and Zeus's spit
ambrosia and fire
rain and earth
sugar and spice
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Multiple Choice
Which additional materials did the gods add to humans in order to bring them to life?
sun and air
bread and wine
music and art
love and compassion
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Multiple Select
How did humans feel when they first encountered Zeus, Athena and Prometheus?
CHECK ALL THAT APPLY
worship
fear
confusion
love
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Multiple Choice
Why didn't Zeus want humanity to have fire?
With fire, humanity would destroy itself
With fire, humanity could challenge the gods
Zeus valued fire above all other elements and believed it should stay with the gods
Zeus did not trust humanity to use fire for benevolent purposes
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Multiple Choice
From where did Prometheus steal the fire he gave to humanity?
Apollo's golden chariot
Hephaestus's forge
The edge of the known world
The bowels of Tartarus
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Multiple Choice
What does Zeus ask Hephaestus to create in order to punish mankind?
cruelty
a woman
a weapon of mass destruction
the devil
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Pandora
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Pandora Opened the Lid
by Walter Crane (1884)
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Fill in the Blanks
Type answer...
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Multiple Choice
What does the name Pandora mean?
heavenly gift
she who is beautiful
curiosity
all gifted
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Multiple Choice
What gift does Zeus grant to Pandora?
a beautiful gown
a jar of secrets
ambrosia
a magical sword
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Pandora
by Lawrence Alma-Tedema (1881)
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Multiple Choice
Pandora is Zeus's gift (wife) to which god?
Hermes
Pygmalion
Prometheus
Epimetheus
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Open Ended
"Epimetheus, who always acted first and considered the consequences later, promised to obey his more perspicacious brother."
Use the context clues to guess at the definition of perspicacious.
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Pandora
by Pierre
Loison (1861)
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Multiple Choice
What does Epimetheus tell Pandora to do with the box?
Burn it completely.
Put it out of sight and mind.
Only open the box a little bit.
Sell the box to the highest bidder.
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Open Ended
"Try to pose for yourself this task: not to think of a polar bear, and you will see that the cursed thing will come to mind every minute."
— Fyodor Dostoevsky, Winter Notes on Summer Impressions, 1863
Write a paragraph connecting this famous quote to the story of Pandora. Cite evidence from the story and from the Dostoevsky quote in your paragraph. Use best practices for embedding quotations.
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Multiple Choice
What causes Pandora to open the box?
Anger
Spite
Curiosity
Stupidity
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Multiple Choice
When Pandora opened the box, what happened?
The world exploded.
Bees attacked her
There was an earthquake.
A swarm of horrible things came out.
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Multiple Choice
To which creature does the myth compare all these plagues?
wolves
locusts
sharks
rats
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Open Ended
Why would a swarm of locusts have been such a frightening image to the Ancient Greeks?
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Pandora
by John William Waterhouse (1886)
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Open Ended
What is in Pandora’s jar? Be specific! List at least three of the creatures that emerge.
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Open Ended
Who are the grandparents of the horrible creatures in Pandora's jar?
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Multiple Choice
What was left after all the evil spirits escaped from the box?
Happiness
Hate
Hope
Agony
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Multiple Choice
How did Zeus choose to destroy mankind?
fire
thunderbolts
flood
earthquake
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Pandora
by Dante Gabriel
Rossetti (1871)
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Multiple Choice
Why was Pandora created?
To prove clay could be brought to life
To be the most beautiful woman in the world
To punish Prometheus
To punish mankind
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Open Ended
What does the story of Zeus’s punishment tell us about Ancient Greek attitudes towards women? What can you infer from it about their prejudices? What does the story tell us about who held power in the Ancient Greek world?
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