Deck 3: Greece: Hesiod

Question 1

The Greeks blamed ________________ for the existence of evil and illness on earth.

A) Pandora
B) Epimetheus
C) Hera
D) Persephone

Answer 1

A

Question 2

____________________ is the author of Works and Days.

A) Ovid
B) Homer
C) Theogony
D) Hesiod

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Herodotus was ___________________.

A) a son swallowed by Cronus
B) a Greek god of strife
C) an early Greek historian
D) a consort of Hera

Answer 3

C

Question 4

According to Hesiod, "Chaos was first of all, but next appeared . . ." _____________________________.

A) Earth
B) Tartarus
C) Night and Erebos
D) Day

Question 5

"Then, without pleasant love, she bore the barren sea . . . Pontus" refers to _____________________.

A) creation by Gaia and Ouranos
B) the asexual reproduction by Earth of geophysical elements
C) the hatred among Greek deities such as Ouranos' swallowing his children as they are born
D) the elevated position of women in Greek society

Question 6

Sexual reproduction between Earth and Heaven ends when ____________________.

A) Kronos emasculates his father, Ouranos
B) Erebos and Night produce Day
C) Zeus declares victory
D) The monstrous creature Typhon attacks Zeus

Question 7

Kottos, Gyges, and Briareus, sons of Ouranos and Gaia, _______________.

A) cut off Ouranos' genitals with a sickle made by Gaia
B) were known as the Cyclopes
C) always lived by the sea
D) had 100 arms and 50 heads

Question 8

The ________________ were NOT generated from the blood of Ouranos' genitals as Kronos threw them into the sea.

A) Cyclopes
B) Giants
C) Nymphs
D) Furies

Question 9

_______________________ was born from Ouranos' genitals with no involvement of Gaia.

A) Rhea
B) Phoebe
C) Kronos
D) Aphrodite

Question 10

______________________ were Zeus' parents.

A) Ouranos and Gaia
B) Kronos and Rhea
C) Erebos and Night
D) Kronos and Hera

Question 11

Zeus survived being swallowed at birth because ________________.

A) Gaia protected him
B) his mother hid him from his father
C) he was already all-powerful at birth
D) Ouranos did not care about him

Question 12

______________________ is NOT one of the Greek Fates.

A) Eurynome
B) Clotho
C) Atropos
D) Lachesis

Question 13

Choose the claim about Athene that is NOT true.

A) She was goddess of wisdom.
B) She was goddess of war and battle.
C) She was conceived by Zeus and Hera.
D) She was born from Zeus' head.

Question 14

According to Hesiod, Strife does NOT _______________________.

A) give people the impetus to work
B) cause war
C) cause competition
D) belong to the pantheon of the gods

Question 15

One of Zeus' responses to having been tricked by Prometheus was to _____________________________.

A) send Prometheus to Hades
B) create Pandora
C) require humans to burn sacrifices to him
D) punish also Iapetus, Prometheus' father

Question 16

Pandora was created by _____________________ under the direction of Zeus.

A) Prometheus
B) Epimetheus
C) Iapetus
D) Hephaistus

Question 17

The golden race of men enjoyed all but __________________________.

A) a life of ease
B) immortality
C) plentiful food and feasting
D) escaping "vile old age"

Question 18

The predominant characteristic of the silver race was _____________.

A) they remained immature and dependent
B) they lived very long lives
C) their lives were free of worry
D) they had a good relationship with the gods of Olympus

Question 19

The predominant characteristic of the bronze race was _________.

A) their peaceable nature
B) their concern for one another
C) their overwhelming strength
D) their escape from Hades

Question 20

As Hesiod sees it, the problems with the iron race do NOT include ____________________.

A) the need to work unceasingly
B) envy and dishonesty among men
C) premature old age and death
D) having insufficient food and resources

Question 21

Cronus swallows his children at their birth because ___________________________, but Zeus survives because _______________________________.

Question 22

____________________ is the mother of Zeus.

Question 23

Persephone was swallowed up into the earth and taken to the underworld by ____________________.

Question 24

The Greek word "chaos" means ______________________________.

Question 25

___________________________ were Greek poets who performed classic myths word for word instead of improvising.

Question 26

In Greek mythology, _________________________ was the personification of heaven and ______________________ of earth.

Question 27

___________________________ was Zeus' first wife.

Question 28

Athene was not born of her mother Metis because ____________________________.

Question 29

Order, Peace, and Justice, daughters of Zeus and Themis, are known as the ______________________________.

Question 30

Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, are known as the ____________________________________.

Question 31

The mother of the Muses was ___________________________________.

Question 32

"[T]rim-ankled Alcmene" is an example of a(n) ______________________.

Question 33

Hermes contributed "sly manners" to the qualities of Pandora because he was the god of ________________________________________.

Question 34

The only thing remaining in Pandora's cask/jar was __________________.

Question 35

The remaining members of Hesiod's fourth race, that of heroes or demi-gods, are ruled over by ___________________.