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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many muses are there?
(a) 50.
(b) 15.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

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

5. What are the names of the Cyclopes?
(a) Brontes, Steroppes and Arges.
(b) Brontes, Steroppes and Hera.
(c) Phoebe, Tethys and Arges.
(d) Phoebe, Tethys and Cronos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker learn from the Muses in 'Theogony'?

2. What happens in 'Theogony' when Zeus murders Cronus?

3. At the end of Theogony, who does the speaker ask the Muses to sing about?

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

5. Who is the hound of Hades?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prophecy does Cronos learn about his son in 'Theogony'? Describe the situation surrounding Zeus' birth.

2. Name three of the offspring of Night.

3. Name three of the offspring of Nereus and Doris.

4. In 'Theogony', which Muse does Hesiod deem the most important and why?

5. Name three of the offspring of Thaumas and Electra.

6. Which children does Heaven hate in 'Theogony'? Where does she hide those children?

7. Describe the battle of the Titans.

8. In Hesiod's poem 'Theogony', how does Aphrodite come into being?

9. Name three of the offspring of Strife.

10. What does Zeus create to punish the mortals in 'Theogony' since they accepted Prometheus' gift?

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