Question 1

Which author tells the story of Hercules and Cacus?

Accepted Answer

Virgil

Answer

Ovid

Answer

Homer

Question 2

On which hill in future Rome was Cacus living?

Accepted Answer

Aventine

Answer

Paletine

Answer

Capitoline

Question 3

Who was Cacus's father

Accepted Answer

Vulcan

Answer

Pluto

Answer

Jupiter

Question 4

What has Cacus stolen belonging to Hercules?

Accepted Answer

Cattle

Answer

Boar

Answer

Apples

Question 5

During which myth does the story of  Cacus take place?

Accepted Answer

Cattle of Geryon

Answer

Mares of Diomedes

Answer

Stymphalian birds

Question 6

Why cannot Hercules get into Cacus's cave?

Accepted Answer

it is blocked by a boulder

Answer

Cacus  is guarding it outside

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cannot see it due to the smoke

Question 7

What does Hercules do when he can't get through the entrance

Accepted Answer

throws rocks from above

Answer

sets fire to the cave

Answer

challenges Cacus to come out.

Question 8

Which Greek hero told the story of Hercules and Achelous

Accepted Answer

Theseus

Answer

Diomedes

Answer

Perseus

Question 9

Who were Hercules and Achelous fighting over?

Accepted Answer

Deianira

Answer

Alcmene

Answer

Nessus

Answer

Hippolyte

Question 10

How does Alcheous criticise Hercules Labours

Accepted Answer

says they were his own fault

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says he had help from the gods

Answer

says they were easy

Question 11

What does Achelous change into first in the fight?

Accepted Answer

snake

Answer

fire

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river

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bull

Question 12

Why does Hercules laugh at Achelous when he changes into a snake?

Accepted Answer

he easily defeated  the hydra which was much worse

Answer

the snake was small

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it is a cowards way of fighting

Question 13

What does Achelous change into after the snake?

Accepted Answer

bull

Answer

water

Answer

fire

Question 14

How does he defeat Achelous as bull?

Accepted Answer

chops off the horn

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stuns it with his club

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strangles it

Question 15

What kind of creature was Nessus

Accepted Answer

centaur

Answer

lapith

Answer

satyr

Question 16

Who does Hercules try and carry off?

Accepted Answer

Deianira

Answer

Eurystheus

Answer

Alcmene

Question 17

How does Hercules defeat Nessus?

Accepted Answer

shoots him with his bow

Answer

hits him with a club

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strangles him

Question 18

How did  Nessus get  poison on to the shirt

Accepted Answer

from his blood

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he was given the poison by Hera

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he made the posion

Question 19

What was Hercules doing when the poisoned shirt starts to work

Accepted Answer

sacrifice to the gods

Answer

fighting in a war

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out hunting

Question 20

Who does Hercules cry out to stop his agony?

Accepted Answer

Juno

Answer

Minerva

Answer

Jupiter

Question 21

What animal is Hercules compared to in his agony?

Accepted Answer

Bull

Answer

snake

Answer

Cow

Question 22

Who does Hercules acuse of giving him the shirt?

Accepted Answer

Lichas

Answer

Nessus

Answer

Achelous

Answer

Eurytheus

Question 23

What happens when  Hercules throws Lichas off the cliff?

Accepted Answer

He turns  into stone

Answer

He disappears

Answer

he flies away

Question 24

Who was the god of fire that was burning Hercules?

Accepted Answer

Vulcan

Answer

Apollo

Answer

Pluto

Question 25

Which god decides that Hercules should become a god?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Answer

Juno

Question 26

Which author writes the story about the death of Hercules

Accepted Answer

Ovid

Answer

Virgil

Answer

Homer

Question 27

Who does Hercules give his bow to?

Accepted Answer

Philoctetes?

Answer

Lichas?

Answer

Iolaus

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