1. Which city was besieged in the Trojan War?
A)Troy
B)Sparta
C)Athens
D)Rome
2. Who is the legendary author of the Iliad?
A)Aristotle
B)Virgil
C)Plato
D)Homer
3. What animal was used as a trick to enter Troy?
A)A dolphin
B)A horse
C)A bull
D)A lion
4. Which hero was known for his vulnerable heel?
A)Odysseus
B)Hector
C)Achilles
D)Paris
5. Who was the king of the Greeks during the war?
A)Menelaus
B)Priam
C)Agamemnon
D)Ajax
6. Which prince of Troy killed Patroclus?
A)Hector
B)Paris
C)Helenus
D)Aeneas
7. The Trojan War was fought over which queen?
A)Helen
B)Penelope
C)Andromache
D)Cassandra
8. Who came up with the idea of the wooden horse?
A)Agamemnon
B)Achilles
C)Ajax
D)Odysseus
9. Which god/goddess favored the Trojans?
A)Hera
B)Aphrodite
C)Poseidon
D)Athena
10. What material was the famous Trojan horse made of?
A)Wood
B)Stone
C)Bronze
D)Iron
11. Who was the King of Troy?
A)Priam
B)Hector
C)Menelaus
D)Paris
12. Which Greek hero killed Hector?
A)Menelaus
B)Achilles
C)Ajax
D)Odysseus
13. Where did the Greek fleet gather before sailing to Troy?
A)Aulis
B)Corinth
C)Thebes
D)Delphi
14. Who was the brother of Agamemnon?
A)Achilles
B)Patroclus
C)Menelaus
D)Nestor
15. What was the result of the war for Troy?
A)Stalemate
B)Total destruction
C)Independence
D)Victory
16. Who is the Roman counterpart to Zeus?
A)Mars
B)Pluto
C)Neptune
D)Jupiter
17. What is the Roman name for Hera?
A)Venus
B)Minerva
C)Juno
D)Diana
18. Who is the Roman god of the sea, known as Poseidon in Greek?
A)Mercury
B)Vulcan
C)Neptune
D)Saturn
19. The Greek goddess Athena is known as whom in Rome?
A)Minerva
B)Ceres
C)Vesta
D)Juno
20. Who is the Greek god of war, Ares, known as in Rome?
A)Mars
B)Mercury
C)Apollo
D)Jupiter
21. Which goddess of love is Aphrodite in Greek?
A)Diana
B)Juno
C)Minerva
D)Venus
22. Who is the Roman equivalent of Hermes?
A)Mercury
B)Mars
C)Vulcan
D)Bacchus
23. Which Greek god of the underworld is Pluto in Rome?
A)Apollo
B)Jupiter
C)Mars
D)Hades
24. Artemis is the Greek name; what is the Roman name?
A)Venus
B)Minerva
C)Juno
D)Diana
25. Who is the Roman god of the forge, Hephaestus?
A)Neptune
B)Mercury
C)Mars
D)Vulcan
26. Demeter is the Greek goddess of harvest; who is she in Rome?
A)Diana
B)Vesta
C)Ceres
D)Juno
27. Who is the Roman god of wine, known as Dionysus in Greek?
A)Mercury
B)Jupiter
C)Bacchus
D)Mars
28. The Roman god Vesta corresponds to which Greek goddess?
A)Athena
B)Hera
C)Hestia
D)Aphrodite
29. Who is the Roman goddess of the moon and hunt?
A)Minerva
B)Venus
C)Juno
D)Diana
30. Which Roman god is the equivalent of the Greek Cronus?
A)Mars
B)Saturn
C)Pluto
D)Jupiter
31. What is the Antikythera mechanism considered to be?
A)Ancient jewelry
B)Ancient weapon
C)Ancient toy
D)Ancient computer
32. Where was the mechanism discovered?
A)In a shipwreck
B)In an Egyptian tomb
C)In a Greek temple
D)In a Roman palace
33. The mechanism was found off the coast of which island?
A)Rhodes
B)Crete
C)Cyprus
D)Antikythera
34. What was the device primarily used to track?
A)Ships at sea
B)Agricultural cycles
C)Time and astronomy
D)Weather patterns
35. What material was used to build the mechanism?
A)Silver
B)Gold
C)Iron
D)Bronze
36. What did the device feature on the inside?
A)Gears
B)Pulleys
C)Magnets
D)Mirrors
37. The mechanism is often called the world's first what?
A)Compass
B)Analog computer
C)Clock
D)Calculator
38. Approximately how old is the Antikythera mechanism?
A)1000 years
B)100 years
C)500 years
D)2000 years
39. What celestial bodies did it help predict?
A)Volcanoes
B)Clouds
C)Ocean tides
D)Sun and Moon
40. The device was recovered from the sea in which century?
A)18th century
B)19th century
C)21st century
D)20th century
Answer Key
1-A
2-D
3-B
4-C
5-C
6-A
7-A
8-D
9-B
10-A
11-A
12-B
13-A
14-C
15-B
16-D
17-C
18-C
19-A
20-A
21-D
22-A
23-D
24-D
25-D
26-C
27-C
28-C
29-D
30-B
31-D
32-A
33-D
34-C
35-D
36-A
37-B
38-D
39-D
40-D