Chaos Quiz

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1. Who was the first of all in most Greek cosmologies?

   1. Erebus
   2. Chaos
   3. Nyx
   4. Gaea
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   Answer: Chaos

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2. What gender was Chaos personified as?

   1. Male
   2. Androgynous
   3. Neither
   4. Female
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   Answer: Female

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3. Which Roman poet described Chaos as "a shapeless heap"?

   1. Ovid
   2. Hesiod
   3. Virgil
   4. Aristophanes
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   Answer: Ovid

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4. What did the union of Erebus and Nyx produce?

   1. Uranus and Pontus
   2. Phanes and Eros
   3. Aether and Hemera
   4. Gaea and Tartarus
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   Answer: Aether and Hemera

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5. Which daughter of Chaos was feared by Zeus himself?

   1. Hera
   2. Nyx
   3. Hemera
   4. Gaea
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   Answer: Nyx

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6. In Aristophanes' "The Birds," who laid an egg in Erebus?

   1. Eros
   2. Aether
   3. Night
   4. Chaos
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   Answer: Night

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7. According to the Orphic cosmogony, Chaos was one of three sons of which deity?

   1. Tartarus
   2. Erebus
   3. Chronos
   4. Uranus
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   Answer: Chronos

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8. What did Phanes come out of in the Orphic cosmogony?

   1. A mist
   2. An egg
   3. A thunderbolt
   4. A river
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   Answer: An egg

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