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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Apollo and the Muses give a gift to humans in 'Theogony'? Why did they give this gift?
(a) To give them knowledge.
(b) To end sorrow.
(c) To entertain them.
(d) To make beauty.

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

3. In 'Theogony', who kills Hydra?
(a) Midas.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Zeus.

4. How is Medusa killed in 'Theogony'?
(a) She is drowned.
(b) Her head is cut off.
(c) She is shot.
(d) Her toes are cut off.

5. In 'Theogony', how does Zeus say men who will do not marry will be punished?
(a) They will live forever.
(b) They will die a cruel death.
(c) They will have no one to take care of them.
(d) They will be marked with a curse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who follows Aphrodite after her birth in 'Theogony'?

2. Who gives birth to Doom, Fate, Death and Sleep?

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

4. Where is Zeus born?

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

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