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

2. In 'Theogony', why do the Gods choose Zeus to rule them?
(a) He controls lightning.
(b) He beat the Titans.
(c) He controls thunder.
(d) He beats Typhoeus.

3. Who gives birth to Aether and Day?
(a) Chaos and Night.
(b) Erebus and Night.
(c) Earth and Eros.
(d) Zeus and Hera.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hesiod explain in 'Theogony' that Aphrodite is formed?

2. Who kills Chimaera?

3. Who is Hecate the nurse of?

4. What prophecy do Heaven and Earth tell Cronus about in 'Theogony'?

5. What creature does Hera raise to plague the Nemeans?

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