G2G - Prometheus (Part 2) & Pandora
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9th - 12th Grade
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Russell Smith
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& Pandora
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Multiple Choice
After the gods created humanity, there were many wonderful years when humanity was perfect and lived in harmony. What did the Greeks call this time?
The Garden of Eden
The Golden Age
The Wonder Years
The Time of Our Lives
The Era of Tranquility
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Fill in the Blanks
Prometheus decided that humans needed...
Type answer...
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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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Pandora Opened the Lid
by Walter Crane (1884)
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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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Fill in the Blanks
What was the name of the first human female?
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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Multiple Choice
Deucalion is the son of _______.
Zeus
Poseidon
Epimetheus
Prometheus
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Multiple Choice
Who was Deucalion's wife?
Pyrrha
Iris
Demeter
Antiope
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Multiple Choice
What does the phrase: "pick up the bones of your mother" refer to?
Gaea
The Titan who bore them.
The spiritual god-mother.
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Open Ended
The story of the Deucalion Flood from Greek myth bears very striking similarities to the Judeo-Christian story of Noah's Ark. What inferences can you make from this about ancient connections between the Greeks and the people of Israel?
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Multiple Choice
What punish does Zeus give to Prometheus the second time?
Zeus' eagle torments him daily
Prometheus is clever and is not punished
He is chained to Mt. Olympus
He is chained to Mt. Caucusus and an eagle eats his liver
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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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