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Prometheus and Pandora review questions
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the end
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1. What type of being is Prometheus?
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A titan
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3. About what do Prometheus and Zeus argue?
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If people should have fire or not
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4. Why is the gift of fire so important to mankind?
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It allows hem to create all sort of things
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5. What does fire represent?
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knowledge
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6. At this point in the myth, in addition to fire, what else does man not have?
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Disease, war, famine
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7. According to Zeus, what quality of man makes him different from the rest of the animals?
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The ability to worship the gods
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8. Why is Zeus afraid to give man fire?
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he fears that they will get distracted my the fire, forget the gods, and stop worshiping them
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9. At first, when Prometheus gives man fire, what is man’s reaction to it?
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they are afraid and they ask Prometheus to take it back
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10. What makes the people change their minds?
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They smell the deer cooking
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12. How does Zeus punish Prometheus for giving man fire?
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He chains him to a mountain and lets vultures eat his liver
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13. Many centuries later, who releases Prometheus from his torture?
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Hercules
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14. What does Zeus have Hephaestus create?
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A clay woman
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15. What gift does Hermes give to the new creation?
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A golden box that she is not allowed to open
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16. What gift does Hera give to her?
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curiosity
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17. What is the girl’s name?
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Pandora
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18. Who becomes her husband?
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Epimetheus(Prometheus’ brother)
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19. What is the one thing that keeps bothering Pandora?
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the fact that she can't open it and look inside
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20. What creatures fly out of the box? What actually are these creatures?
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Bat-like things
Spites- all sorts of bad things that attack humanity |
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21. What creature does Pandora catch before it can escape?
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the worst one:
Foreboding- the one that tells the someone when a bad thing is going to happen |
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22. What does mankind still have because Pandora caught the last creature?
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hope
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