Theogony and Works and Days Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Theogony and Works and Days Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose conception does the speaker write about at the start of 'Theogony'?
(a) Euarne.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Hercules.
(d) The Muses.

2. Where does Zeus tie Prometheus?
(a) To a rock.
(b) To a ship.
(c) To a banshee.
(d) To a bull.

3. Where do the Muses live?
(a) Parthenon.
(b) Mt. Fuigi.
(c) On the River Styx.
(d) Mt. Olympus.

4. Who is the speaker of 'Theogony'?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Franklin.

5. Who slays Geryones?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Hera.
(c) Athena.
(d) Zeus.

6. In 'Theogony', who does Zeus honor above all the other Gods?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Hecate.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Styx.

7. Who does the speaker praise in the beginning of 'Theogony' ?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Plato.
(c) His father.
(d) Cleopatra.

8. Who guards the Titans after they are defeated in 'Theogony'?
(a) Prometheus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hades.

9. What does the speaker learn from the Muses in 'Theogony'?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Song.
(c) Art.
(d) Acting.

10. In 'Theogony', what story does the speaker ask the Muses to tell him first?
(a) How fire was invented.
(b) Who invented the wheel.
(c) How the first gods and earth came to be.
(d) How the rain came.

11. Who gives birth to Themisto, Pronoe and Nemertes?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Nerues.
(c) Doris.
(d) Nereus and Doris.

12. Who gives birth to Heaven, Hills and Pontius?
(a) Earth.
(b) Moon.
(c) Night.
(d) Chaos.

13. Who do Ceto and Phrocys give birth to?
(a) Medusa.
(b) Hera.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Hercules.

14. Who kills Medusa in 'Theogony'?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Eros.
(c) Zephyrus.
(d) Perseus.

15. Who lives in a cave under a rock in 'Theogony'?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Echidna.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hesiod explain in 'Theogony' that Aphrodite is formed?

2. Why is Earth mad at Heaven in 'Theogony'?

3. The Muses tell a story to Hesiod in 'Theogony'. Who do the Muses say came into the world first?

4. Which Goddess, according to 'Theogony', has privileges amongst the heavens, earth and sea?

5. What did the Muses give the speaker in 'Theogony'?

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