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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Works and Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hesiod tell his brother to do, in 'Works and Days', if he wants wealth?
(a) Steal.
(b) Murder.
(c) Work.
(d) Pray.

2. What are the names of the Cyclopes?
(a) Phoebe, Tethys and Cronos.
(b) Brontes, Steroppes and Arges.
(c) Phoebe, Tethys and Arges.
(d) Brontes, Steroppes and Hera.

3. According to 'Works and Days', if a man listens to wise council, what does it make him?
(a) A foolish man.
(b) A wise man.
(c) A young man.
(d) A king.

4. Who is the most awful child of Earth and Heaven?
(a) Cronos.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Star.
(d) Night.

5. In the fable in 'Works and Days', who does the bird attack?
(a) A nightingale.
(b) A lion.
(c) A bear.
(d) A tiger.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to 'Theogony', what gift does Zeus give to humans?

2. What does Zeus provide man with in 'Works and Days'?

3. Whose conception does the speaker write about at the start of 'Theogony'?

4. Who gives birth to Toil, Forgetfulness and Famine.

5. Who kills Medusa in 'Theogony'?

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