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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. In 'Theogony', what does Atlas hold?
(a) An arrow.
(b) The globe.
(c) Heaven.
(d) The oceans.
2. What is the job of the Muses that 'Theogony' deems most important?
(a) Sing to Zeus.
(b) Feed Zeus grapes.
(c) Feed dew to heaven-chosen princes.
(d) Create poetry for the Greeks.
3. Why is Earth mad at Heaven in 'Theogony'?
(a) She has an affair.
(b) She hid his sons.
(c) She betrayed him.
(d) She disobeyed him.
4. Who follows Aphrodite after her birth in 'Theogony'?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus and Hera.
(c) Eros and Desire.
(d) Eros and Jealousy.
5. Who lives in a cave under a rock in 'Theogony'?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Echidna.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Apollo.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 'Theogony', how does Zeus say men who will do not marry will be punished?
2. According to Hesiod's poem 'Theogony', how does Cronus try to prevent Heaven and Earth's prophecy?
3. Which son, according to 'Theogony', decides to betray Heaven and help Earth recover his sons?
4. Why, in 'Theogony', is the woman whose guile is not to be withstood by men created?
5. Who do Thaumas and Electra give birth to?
Short Essay Questions
1. List three of the offspring that Earth and Heaven conceive?
2. In 'Theogony', how is it that Ocean's daughter Styx comes to live in the house of Zeus?
3. In 'Theogony', who delivers princes to the mortals?
4. Who does Hesiod write in 'Theogony' is responsible for putting singers on earth?
5. In 'Theogony', which God is known as the Old Man? What do we know about his personality?
6. Describe Medusa and her death according to 'Theogony'.
7. Who does Hesiod tell the Muses to sing about at the end of 'Theogony'?
8. Who does Hesiod claim gave him his voice in 'Theogony'?
9. Why does Zeus punish Prometheus in 'Theogony' and what is the punishment?
10. Why are singers delivered to earth in 'Theogony'? What do the singers sing about?
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