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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. According to 'Theogony', who is the most important Muse?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Calliope.
(c) Gyes.
(d) Hera.

2. Where is Zeus born?
(a) Lyetus of Crete.
(b) In heaven.
(c) Rome, Italy.
(d) On top of a mountain.

3. According to 'Theogony', who springs forth from Medusa's wounds?
(a) Chrysaor and Pegasus.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Roman.
(d) Hercules and Plato.

4. What is the speaker of 'Theogony' supposed to celebrate?
(a) The Heavens.
(b) Earth.
(c) The Muses.
(d) The Gods.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Zeus tie Prometheus?

2. Apollo and the Muses give a gift to humans in 'Theogony'? Why did they give this gift?

3. Who eventually give Zeus thunder?

4. Who gives birth to the Cyclopes?

5. Who gives birth to Aether and Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Hesiod write in 'Theogony' is responsible for putting singers on earth?

2. Why does Zeus punish Prometheus in 'Theogony' and what is the punishment?

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

4. In 'Theogony', who delivers princes to the mortals?

5. Who does Hesiod claim gave him his voice in 'Theogony'?

6. In 'Theogony', how is it that Ocean's daughter Styx comes to live in the house of Zeus?

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

8. Whose conception does Hesiod describe at the start of 'Theogony'? What are the details of this conception?

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

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

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