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The Origins of the World Trivia Quiz

This quiz deals with the origins of the world according to Greek Mythology and specifically Hesiod.

A multiple-choice quiz by gme24. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
gme24

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
365,549

Updated
Mar 13 22

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10

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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. According to Hesiod, what existed in the beginning? Hint

Chaos

Darkness

Void

Primordial Soup

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Question 2 of 10

2. According to Hesiod, what were the offspring of Night and Erebus? Hint

Air and Dawn

Twilight and Wind

Moon and Stars

Aether and Day

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Question 3 of 10

3. According to Hesiod, what was Earth's (Gaia's) first born? Hint

Hills

Heaven

Moon

Sea

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Question 4 of 10

4. According to Hesiod, who was the youngest son of Earth (Gaia) and Heaven (Uranus)? Hint

Hyperion

Oceanus

Cronus

Coeus

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Question 5 of 10

5. According to Hesiod, what is the collective name of Brontes, Steropes and Arges? Hint

Titans

Cyclopes

Furies

Maenads

6. Uranus hated his children and was hiding them as soon as they were born in a secret place. The Earth (Gaia) in great pain made a sickle and called upon her children to take revenge. Who had the courage to execute his mother's plan? Hint

Hyperion

Day

Night

Cronus

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is said to have been born from Heaven's (Uranus') severed member and the foamy sea? Hint

Tethys

Aphrodite

Mnemosyne

Themis

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Question 8 of 10

8. So Cronus succeeded Uranus as the new king of the Gods. But he also had the same phobias as his father, because as soon as a child of his was born, he would swallow it. Who was the mother of Cronus' children? Hint

Phoebe

Theia

Rhea

Tethys

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Question 9 of 10

9. When Zeus was about to be born, Rhea, on the advice of her parents, gave Cronus a stone to swallow and went to which island to give birth to Zeus? Hint

Cyprus

Crete

Cythera

Rhodes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who helped Zeus to overthrow his father? Hint

Rhea

Earth

Uranus

Hades

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. According to Hesiod, what existed in the beginning?

Answer: Chaos

In "Theogony" we read "Verily at the first Chaos came to be... ". Chaos was not created by anyone, it was always there. In the beginning we also meet the wide-bosomed Gaia (Earth) and Eros (Love). From Chaos are born Erebus and Night.

2. According to Hesiod, what were the offspring of Night and Erebus?

Answer: Aether and Day

Aether is the upper atmosphere, whereas Aer is the lower atmosphere. As Hesiod says "from Night were born Aether and Day, conceived from union in love with Erebus".

3. According to Hesiod, what was Earth's (Gaia's) first born?

Answer: Heaven

Heaven (Uranus) was Earth's first born. Uranus was covering the Earth from all sides and was the abode of the Gods. After Heaven, the Earth bore the Hills and the Pontus (the deep sea).

4. According to Hesiod, who was the youngest son of Earth (Gaia) and Heaven (Uranus)?

Answer: Cronus

Cronus is referred to as the "youngest and most terrible of her children and he hated his lusty sire". Oceanus, Coeus and Hyperion were born before Cronus.

5. According to Hesiod, what is the collective name of Brontes, Steropes and Arges?

Answer: Cyclopes

They were called Cyclopes (cycle means orb) because they had only one eye that was set in the middle of their forehead.

Answer: Cronus

Cronus, the youngest of the children, was the one that executed his mother's evil plan. While Heaven (Uranus) lay upon the Earth (Gaia), Cronus severed Heaven's member and cast it behind him.

7. What is said to have been born from Heaven's (Uranus') severed member and the foamy sea?

Answer: Aphrodite

Aphrodite first sailed to Cythera and then to Cyprus where she came out of the foam (thus the name Aphrodite as Aphros means foam).

Answer: Rhea

Rhea was Cronus' wife and the mother of Hestia, Demeter, Hera and Hades. Theia, Tethys and Phoebe were sisters of Rhea.

9. When Zeus was about to be born, Rhea, on the advice of her parents, gave Cronus a stone to swallow and went to which island to give birth to Zeus?

Answer: Crete

Zeus was born in Crete and was fed by the milk of the goat Amalthea and wild honey.

10. Who helped Zeus to overthrow his father?

Answer: Earth

Earth (Gaia) helped Zeus to overthrow his father. Cronus was given a potion and he vomited his children.

Source: Author gme24

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