Q 01/05

Medusa is generally described as a woman with what in place of hair?

A) Writhing eels

B) Burning flames

C) Living snakes

D) Iron thorns

Answer · why

C) Living snakes

Anyone who looked at her was turned to stone.

Q 02/05

Medusa was one of three sisters known collectively as what?

A) The Furies

B) The Graeae

C) The Sirens

D) The Gorgons

Answer · why

D) The Gorgons

The other two, Stheno and Euryale, were immortal; she alone could be killed.

Q 03/05

What were the names of Medusa's two immortal sisters?

A) Deino and Enyo

B) Stheno and Euryale

C) Scylla and Charybdis

D) Clotho and Lachesis

Answer · why

B) Stheno and Euryale

Hesiod says only that the two did not grow old; Pindar makes Euryale the source of the Gorgons' shrill cry.

Q 04/05

Medusa and her sisters were usually said to be daughters of which sea-god and his sister?

A) Phorcys and Ceto

B) Pontus and Gaia

C) Oceanus and Tethys

D) Nereus and Doris

Answer · why

A) Phorcys and Ceto

The same parents produced the Graeae, which is why the Grey Sisters are also called Phorcides.

Q 05/05

The name Medusa literally means what in Ancient Greek?

A) Guardian, protectress

B) Maker of stone

C) Grim-eyed one

D) Snake-haired woman

Answer · why

A) Guardian, protectress

'Gorgon' is the grim one, from an adjective for a fierce or dazzling look.