Questions
In the epic poem "The Iliad", what is the name of the Trojan prince who is killed by Achilles?
- Hector
- Paris
- Agamemnon
- Menelaus
In the epic poem "The Odyssey", what is the name of the goddess who helps Odysseus on his journey home?
- Athena
- Hera
- Aphrodite
- Poseidon
In the epic poem "The Aeneid", what is the name of the Trojan hero who flees Troy after its fall and eventually founds the city of Rome?
- Aeneas
- Anchises
- Ascanius
- Creusa
In the epic poem "Beowulf", what is the name of the monster that Beowulf defeats?
- Grendel
- Grendel's Mother
- The Dragon
- The Sea Serpent
In the epic poem "The Song of Roland", what is the name of the Frankish knight who is killed by the Saracens?
- Roland
- Oliver
- Turpin
- Ganelon
In the epic poem "The Cid", what is the name of the Castilian knight who is exiled from his homeland?
- Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
- Jimena Díaz
- Alfonso VI of Castile
- Bermudo III of León
In the epic poem "The Nibelungenlied", what is the name of the hero who is killed by Kriemhild?
- Siegfried
- Brunhild
- Hagen
- Gunther
In the epic poem "Kalevala", what is the name of the hero who is killed by Joukahainen?
- Väinämöinen
- Ilmarinen
- Lemminkäinen
- Louhi
In the epic poem "The Táin Bó Cúailnge", what is the name of the hero who steals the Brown Bull of Cooley?
- Cú Chulainn
- Fergus mac Róich
- Queen Medb
- Ailill mac Máta
In the epic poem "The Mabinogion", what is the name of the hero who is transformed into a pig?
- Arawn
- Gwyn ap Nudd
- Pryderi
- Mabon
In the epic poem "The Shahnameh", what is the name of the hero who defeats the evil sorcerer Zahhak?
- Rostam
- Zal
- Sohrab
- Rustam
In the epic poem "The Ramayana", what is the name of the hero who rescues his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana?
- Rama
- Lakshmana
- Hanuman
- Vibhishana
In the epic poem "The Mahabharata", what is the name of the hero who is killed by his own son?
- Bhishma
- Drona
- Karna
- Arjuna
In the epic poem "The Bhagavad Gita", what is the name of the god who teaches Arjuna about the nature of reality?
- Krishna
- Shiva
- Vishnu
- Brahma
In the epic poem "The Epic of Gilgamesh", what is the name of the hero who searches for the secret of immortality?
- Gilgamesh
- Enkidu
- Shamhat
- Utnapishtim