QUIZ

THE CHARACTERS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS

1. GREAT BEAR ON THE SKY  IS:

a. CALIPSO NYMPH, THE DOUGHTER ATLAS

b. CALLISTO, THE BEAUTIFULL DOUGHTER OF LYKAON

c. ANDROMEDA, THE SISTER OF PERSEUS

2. THE LITTLE BEAR PRESENTS ARKAS. HE WAS:

a. THE BROTHER OF PERSEUS

b. THE BELOVED OF CALIPSO

c. THE SON OF CALLISTO

3. CEPHEUS, WHILE LIVING ON THE EARTH WAS

a. THE COMPANION OF ORION           

b. THE KING OF ETHIOPIA     

c. THE BROTHER OF ANDROMEDA

4. CASSIOPEA WAS FAMOUS FOR:

a. HER WISDOM        

b. HER BEAUTY             

c. HER POETICS TALENT

5.  POSEIDON WAS HIS FATHER, WHO MADE HIM OF THE BLOOD OF JELLYFISH AND SEAWATER. WHICH CONSTELLATION SHOWS THIS CHARACTER?

a.   DRACO                   

b. PEGASUS              

c. LEO

6. WHILE LIVING ON THE EARTH THEY WERE HUSBAND AND WIFE

a. CASIOPEA & ORION         

b. PERSEUS & ANDROMEDA 

c. GREAT BEAR & LITTLE BEAR

7. ORION WAS AN ENTHUSIASTIC HUNTER. HIS PRECIOUS DOG ESCORTED HIM. WHAT’S THE NAME OF THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE BIG DOG CONSTELLATION?

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8.  THE DRACO CONSTELLATION COMMEMORATES:

a. THE GUARD OF HESPERIAN APPLETREE   

b. THE GUARD OF THE LABYRINTH

c. THE GUARD OF HADES

9. THE PLEIADES WERE:

a. THE DOUGHTERS OF ATLAS 

b. THE ACCOMPANIES OF ARTEMIS’S HUNTINGS        

c. THE MINDERS OF ZEUS

10. THE TAURUS CONSTELLATION PERSONIFIES:

a.  ZEUS             

b. HERACLES                  

c. DIONYSUS