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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Theogony.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Heaven hide the sons she hates in 'Theogony'?
(a) Somewhere on Earth.
(b) Somewhere in Heaven.
(c) The mountains.
(d) Hades.

2. What does Zeus receive as a reward in 'Theogony' for murdering Cronus?
(a) Snow.
(b) Thunder and lightning.
(c) Rain and hail.
(d) Tornados and hurricanes.

3. In 'Theogony', what do Tethys and Ocean's children become?
(a) Rivers.
(b) Ponds.
(c) Pools.
(d) Lakes.

4. Who gives birth to the Cyclopes?
(a) Night.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Cronos.
(d) Earth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eventually give Zeus thunder?

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

3. What is the job of the Muses that 'Theogony' deems most important?

4. Who does Hesiod claim in 'Theogony' lives in the house of Zeus?

5. Who rules over the sea?

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