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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Pandora story, what did the opened vessel release into the human world?

Answer

Evils

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In Greek mythology’s Pandora story, which god made the woman from clay?

Answer

Hephaestus

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s account, what material did Hephaestus use to mold Pandora?

Answer

Clay

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

Which Greek goddess clothed Pandora in Hesiod’s account?

Answer

Athena

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• Pandora's Box

Which Greek god is associated with giving Pandora deceptive speech in Hesiod’s account?

Answer

Hermes

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• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, who stole fire for humans before Zeus sent Pandora?

Answer

Prometheus

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• Pandora's Box

In Pandora’s box mythology, what was the one thing left inside after the other troubles escaped?

Answer

Hope

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• Pandora's Box

In Hesiod’s Greek myth, what object did Pandora open, although later tradition calls it a box?

Answer

A jar

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Pandora's Box

Which Renaissance humanist helped make “Pandora’s Box” the familiar English phrase by translating the container as a box?

Answer

Erasmus

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• Quinceañera

What Spanish term names a quinceañera’s formal thanksgiving ceremony?

Answer

Misa de acción de gracias

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• Quinceañera

What Mexican term, also used for some quinceañera celebrations, means “fifteen years”?

Answer

Quince años

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Quinceañera

What color is traditionally associated with the quinceañera’s formal gown in many older customs?

Answer

White

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