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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Zeus' first child?
(a) Hera.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Metis.
(d) Athena.

3. In 'Theogony', what does Earth give Cronus to trick him into thinking she gave him a child?
(a) A slaughtered cow.
(b) A stone wrapped in blankets.
(c) A baby wrapped in blankets.
(d) A slaughtered pig.

4. What happens in 'Theogony' when Zeus murders Cronus?
(a) Cronus vomits up his children.
(b) Cronus lives forever.
(c) Zeus does not murder Cronus.
(d) Cronus dies.

5. Who gives birth to Doom, Fate, Death and Sleep?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Day.
(c) The Muses.
(d) Night.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Titans receive their name?

2. In 'Theogony', what do Tethys and Ocean's children become?

3. Who is the father of gods and men?

4. Who gives birth to Toil, Forgetfulness and Famine.

5. In 'Theogony', who does Zeus honor above all the other Gods?

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