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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. According to Hesiod's poem 'Theogony', how does Cronus try to prevent Heaven and Earth's prophecy?
(a) He kills his children
(b) He does nothing.
(c) He murders Zeus.
(d) He swallows his children.

2. How many heads does Chimaera have?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

3. The Muses tell a story to Hesiod in 'Theogony'. Who do the Muses say came into the world first?
(a) Night.
(b) Earth.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Eros.

4. Why, in 'Theogony', is the woman whose guile is not to be withstood by men created?
(a) As the price for fire.
(b) As the price for water.
(c) Because Zeus is bored.
(d) Because man is bored.

5. Who kills Chimaera?
(a) Pegasus and Bellerophone.
(b) Permethus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Hercules.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift do Apollo and the muses give humans in 'Theogony'?

2. Who gives birth to Themisto, Pronoe and Nemertes?

3. Who gives birth to Ceto, Eurybia and Nereus?

4. How does Prometheus try to fool Zeus in the poem 'Theogony'?

5. What does the speaker learn from the Muses in 'Theogony'?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Hesiod's poem 'Theogony', how does Aphrodite come into being?

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

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

5. In 'Theogony', which God is known as the Old Man? What do we know about his personality?

6. Who does Hesiod write in 'Theogony' is responsible for putting singers on earth?

7. Who does Hesiod claim gave him his voice in 'Theogony'?

8. List three of the offspring that Earth and Heaven conceive?

9. In 'Theogony', how is it that Ocean's daughter Styx comes to live in the house of Zeus?

10. Describe the battle of the Titans.

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