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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. Who is the most awful child of Earth and Heaven?
(a) Star.
(b) Cronos.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Night.

2. In 'Theogony', who does Zeus honor above all the other Gods?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Styx.
(c) Hecate.
(d) Apollo.

3. Who kills Chimaera?
(a) Pegasus and Bellerophone.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Permethus.
(d) Hercules.

4. What does Zeus distribute to the immortals in 'Theogony'?
(a) Gold.
(b) Power.
(c) Food.
(d) Clothing.

5. What does Hesiod claim in 'Theogony' that Prometheus steals from Zeus?
(a) Fire.
(b) Water.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Lightning

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Titans receive their name?

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

3. How many muses are there?

4. Who is the first of Ocean's children to help Zeus fight the Titans in 'Theogony'?

5. Who gives birth to Aether and Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Medusa and her death according to 'Theogony'.

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

3. Which God is responsible for holding up the heavens?

4. In 'Theogony', which God is known as the Old Man? What do we know about his personality?

5. Who gives birth to the Titans in 'Theogony' and why are they given that name?

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

7. List three of the offspring that Earth and Heaven conceive?

8. Which are Zeus' favorite son and daughter? What are their strengths?

9. What does Hesiod ask the Muses to tell him about in 'Theogony'?

10. Who does Hesiod give praise to at the start of 'Theogony'? Who is this person?

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