Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Introduction-Part 1, Chapters 1-6

Reading Check

1. Who are Zeus’s parents?

2. What does Athena teach to men but never to women?

3. What river forms the boundary between the world of the living and the land of the dead?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What does Zeus make Hera promise before he will release her from the golden chains?

2. How do the Athenians react when Poseidon claims the region of Attica?

3. What happens to the little boy who laughs at Demeter’s tears?

Paired Resource

“The Myth of Hades and Persephone”

• This 6-minute TED-Ed video is a cartoon version of Persephone’s story.
• This resource relates to themes of Moderation and Restraint as Ideals and Love as the Most Powerful Force.
• Which elements of the Demeter and Persephone story are emphasized in this video? How would you compare this emphasis with the elements that are emphasized in Evslin’s telling of their story? In which retelling is it most clear why moderation and restraint are important? Which retelling most clearly communicates the idea of Love as the Most Powerful Force?