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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 follows Aphrodite after her birth in 'Theogony'?
(a) Eros and Desire.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Eros and Jealousy.
(d) Zeus and Hera.

2. Who guards the Titans after they are defeated in 'Theogony'?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Hades.
(c) Prometheus.
(d) Zeus.

3. In 'Theogony', what does Medusa suffer from?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) Being ugly.
(c) Being mortal.
(d) Panic.

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

5. How does Zeus punish men who marry according to 'Theogony'?
(a) They will live forever.
(b) They will live in a mixture of good and evil.
(c) They will cry forever.
(d) The will die a cruel death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 'Theogony', what story does the speaker ask the Muses to tell him first?

3. What did the Muses give the speaker in 'Theogony'?

4. What creatures are above Typhoeus' neck?

5. Who gives birth to Aether and Day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Name three of the offspring of Strife.

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

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

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

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