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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Chimaera's heads look like?
(a) Different fish.
(b) Different Gods.
(c) Different beasts.
(d) Different humans.

2. One of Heaven's sons greatly injures her in 'Theogony.' What does the blood of Heaven form after the betrayal?
(a) Erinyes, Giants and Nymphs.
(b) Erinyes and Nymphs
(c) Night and Day.
(d) Zeus.

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

4. In 'Theogony', how long do Zeus and Mnemosyne lay together prior to conceiving the Muses?
(a) Thirty nights.
(b) Twenty nights.
(c) Nine nights.
(d) Two nights.

5. Who do Thaumas and Electra give birth to?
(a) Iris, Harpies, Aello and Ocypetes.
(b) Earth-Shaker and Zeus.
(c) Epithetheus and Prometheus.
(d) Crato and Bia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Prometheus steal for in 'Theogony'?

2. Who kills Chimaera?

3. In 'Theogony', what does Medusa suffer from?

4. In 'Theogony', why do the Gods choose Zeus to rule them?

5. Who is the most awful child of Earth and Heaven?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Medusa and her death according to 'Theogony'.

2. Why are singers delivered to earth in 'Theogony'? What do the singers sing about?

3. Name three of the offspring of Night.

4. Name three of the offspring of Thaumas and Electra.

5. Name three of the offspring of Strife.

6. Which are Zeus' favorite son and daughter? What are their strengths?

7. Who, according to 'Theogony', is the first entity to come into the world?

8. In 'Theogony', who delivers princes to the mortals?

9. Who gives birth to Cronos? Describe Cronos' personality.

10. What does Hesiod ask the Muses to tell him about in 'Theogony'?

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