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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 'Theogony', what does Medusa suffer from?
(a) Being ugly.
(b) Being mortal.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Panic.

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

3. 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) Zeus.
(d) Night and Day.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many heads does Chimaera have?

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

3. In 'Theogony', what does Earth give Cronus to trick him into thinking she gave him a child?

4. Who eventually give Zeus thunder?

5. According to 'Theogony', who is the most important Muse?

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