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Prometheus Bound Multiple Choice Quiz | 15 Questions

I recently had to read this play for my mythology class. I really liked it. Now, lets see what you remember.

A multiple-choice quiz by dormouse99. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
dormouse99

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
72,130

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Average

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10 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. 'Prometheus Bound' was written by which Greek playwright? Hint

Aeschylus

Sophocles

Euripides

Aristophanes

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which person, or god, appears on the list of characters, but doesn't actually appear (physically) in the play? Hint

Hermes

Zeus

Prometheus

Ocean

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which of Zeus's many loves appears in this play? Hint

Hera

Leto

Maia

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Question 4 of 15

4. Greek tragedies often have what is called a chorus. Who makes up the chorus in 'Prometheus Bound'? Hint

The daughters of Ocean

The other Titans

The 12 main Olympains

There is no chorus in this play

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Question 5 of 15

5. What does Prometheus's name mean? Hint

Forethought

Trickster

Hindsight

Savior

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Question 6 of 15

6. Why is Prometheus being punished? Hint

He challenged Zeus to a duel and lost

He brought man money

He brought man fire

He kissed Zeus's wife

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which god chains Prometheus to the mountain? Hint

Ares

Apollo

Hephaestus

Hermes

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who does Prometheus say is the 'governor of Necessity'? Hint

Zeus

The Fates and Furies

Man

The (human) ruler of Greece

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Question 9 of 15

9. Prometheus says he knows who will overthrow Zeus. Who is it? Hint

Hercules

He will

We never find out

Perseus

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Question 10 of 15

10. Prometheus says 'To speak is painful. ______ is painful too.' What is the other painful thing? Hint

These sandels

Silence

These chains

Leaning on this rock

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Question 11 of 15

11. How does Ocean get to Prometheus's rock? Hint

Rode on a sea horse

Walked

Swam

Rode a dolphin

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which is NOT one of the things Hermes calls Prometheus? Hint

Intellectual

Thief

Dear Prometheus

Inventor

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Question 13 of 15

13. Why has Hermes come to see Prometheus? Hint

To mock him

To offer is sympathy

To find out Prometheus's secret

To unchain him

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which is NOT one of the methods used to bind Prometheus? Hint

Manacles on his wrists

Steel stake through his chest

Anklets on his feet

Chain around his neck

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Question 15 of 15

15. Which visitor of Prometheus never leaves once they've entered? Hint

Hephaestus

The chorus

Ocean

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Prometheus Bound' was written by which Greek playwright?

Answer: Aeschylus

All three have written plays, but Aeschylus just happened to write this one.

2. Which person, or god, appears on the list of characters, but doesn't actually appear (physically) in the play?

Answer: Zeus

Of course Prometheus appears in the play, it's about him after all. Zeus doesn't actually appear in the play. He is merely represented by the storm in the end, and his two lackies, Might and Violence.

3. Which of Zeus's many loves appears in this play?

Answer: Io

Io appears in this play, already partly in cow form (she has horns). Hera is one of Zeus's wives (and his sister). Leto was a love of Zeus, and mother to Apollo and Artemis. And Maia was also a love of Zeus, and mother of Hermes.

4. Greek tragedies often have what is called a chorus. Who makes up the chorus in 'Prometheus Bound'?

Answer: The daughters of Ocean

The daughters of Ocean, one of the Titan sons of Gaea and Uranus, make up the chorus. They are sympathetic the Prometheus's plight.

5. What does Prometheus's name mean?

Answer: Forethought

Prometheus means forethought. Prometheus has a brother, Epimetheus, whose name means hindsight. He however did not appear in this play.

6. Why is Prometheus being punished?

Answer: He brought man fire

Prometheus is most well known for bringing man fire. In the play, he also mentions giving man hope (blind hope), so they could forget that they were mortal.

7. Which god chains Prometheus to the mountain?

Answer: Hephaestus

Though he really doesn't want to, Hephaestus (god of the smithy) is made to chain Prometheus to the mountain. Hermes appears in the play, but near the end. Apollo and Ares don't appear in the play at all.

8. Who does Prometheus say is the 'governor of Necessity'?

Answer: The Fates and Furies

This line is one of my favorites. Prometheus's exact words are 'The three Fates and the unforgetting Furies.' Remember those ladies?

9. Prometheus says he knows who will overthrow Zeus. Who is it?

Answer: We never find out

This play is supposedly one of three in a trilogy. Perhaps we find out who it will be in one of the later plays.

10. Prometheus says 'To speak is painful. ______ is painful too.' What is the other painful thing?

Answer: Silence

This is the opening line to one of Prometheus's great monologues. 'To speak is painful. Silence is painful too.' I'm sure the chains and the leaning on the rock were painful things too, but he doesn't mention it. And for all we know, he was bare foot.

11. How does Ocean get to Prometheus's rock?

Answer: Rode on a sea horse

Though a dolphin would also make sense, he rides in on a sea horse. He even says so. 'It is over, my long journey, thanks to an excellent mount, this sea horse, which needs no bridle...'

12. Which is NOT one of the things Hermes calls Prometheus?

Answer: Dear Prometheus

'Prometheus, thief, inventor, intellectual, embittered protagonist of mortality' are the words that Hermes opens with.

13. Why has Hermes come to see Prometheus?

Answer: To find out Prometheus's secret

Prometheus says he knows who will overthrow Zeus, and Zeus wants to know who it is. So, he sends Hermes (the god of many things, one of those being messangers) to find out who it will be. Prometheus refuses to tell him, and Hermes finds him foolish.

14. Which is NOT one of the methods used to bind Prometheus?

Answer: Chain around his neck

That must all be very painful, especially the (actual wording) 'jawbone of steel' driven 'through his breast'. OUCH. We don't know whether not his neck was chained, because it was never mentioned.

15. Which visitor of Prometheus never leaves once they've entered?

Answer: The chorus

Hephaestus leaves after having chained Prometheus. Ocean leaves after Prometheus talks him out of asking Zeus for his (Prometheus's) freedom. Io leaves once she learns of her fate. The chorus is always there. Silent near the end, but there just the same.

Hermes doesn't leave after he's entered either, but where this play ends, the second part (probably) begins, and Hermes is (most likely) still there.

Source: Author dormouse99

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