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In Greek mythology, what name is given to the jar that Pandora opened?

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Pithos

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Which work by Hesiod contains the fullest surviving ancient account of Pandora?

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Works and Days

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Which character is the central figure of G. W. Pabst’s 1929 film Pandora’s Box?

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Lulu

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In Greek mythology, what was Pandora’s husband Epimetheus’s relationship to Prometheus?

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His brother

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Which actor played the Flying Dutchman opposite Ava Gardner in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman?

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James Mason

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In Greek mythology, who gave Pandora her skill in music?

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Apollo

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In Hesiod’s Greek myth, what was the original Greek container later translated as Pandora’s “box”?

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Pithos

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In the Greek myth of Pandora, which Titan was Pandora’s husband?

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Epimetheus

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Which playwright created Lulu, the central character later played by Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box?

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Frank Wedekind

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In the ancient Greek version of Pandora’s story, what type of vessel did she open rather than a box?

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A jar

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Which ancient Greek poet first recorded the story of Pandora and the container that held humanity’s troubles?

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Hesiod

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What does the name “Pandora” mean in the context of Greek mythology?

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All-gifted

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