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

2. In 'Theogony', how long do Zeus and Mnemosyne lay together prior to conceiving the Muses?
(a) Two nights.
(b) Nine nights.
(c) Thirty nights.
(d) Twenty nights.

3. Where does Heaven hide the sons she hates in 'Theogony'?
(a) Hades.
(b) The mountains.
(c) Somewhere in Heaven.
(d) Somewhere on Earth.

4. Who gives birth to Doom, Fate, Death and Sleep?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Day.
(c) The Muses.
(d) Night.

5. Who rules over the sea?
(a) The mermaids.
(b) Tricor.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Triton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hercules' mother?

2. Whose conception does the speaker write about at the start of 'Theogony'?

3. In 'Theogony', what does Atlas hold?

4. How does Hesiod explain in 'Theogony' that Aphrodite is formed?

5. What animal do Ceto and Phorcys give birth to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Name three of the offspring of Night.

7. Who gives birth to Cronos? Describe Cronos' personality.

8. Who does Hesiod tell the Muses to sing about at the end of 'Theogony'?

9. Who, according to 'Theogony', is the first entity to come into the world?

10. What revenge does Earth take upon Heaven in 'Theogony'? What happens as a result of this revenge?

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