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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hesiod advise his brother to do in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Sin.
(b) Pray.
(c) Play.
(d) Work.

2. Who is Hesoid's brother?
(a) Perses.
(b) Plato.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Aristotle.

3. Who reports to Zeus on the behavior of men?
(a) Justice.
(b) Hades.
(c) Honor.
(d) Hera.

4. How many kinds of strife exist according to 'Works and Days'?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

5. How close is the land of goodness?
(a) 20 miles.
(b) A lifetime away.
(c) Far away.
(d) Close.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'Works and Days', when does Hesiod tell his brother he should chop wood?

2. In Hesiod's poem 'Works and Days', Hesiod suggests that farmers use ox. How old should oxen be when attached to the plow?

3. What, in 'Works and Days', can man tell the difference between?

4. In 'Works and Days', what does Hesiod say his brother should build in the summer?

5. In Hesiod's poem 'Works and Days', what does Zeus make man better than?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens in the summertime in the poem 'Works and Days'.

2. At what time of year, in 'Works and Days', does Hesiod say his brother should avoid being outside? When is it alright to be outside?

3. Describe the fourth generation as written about in 'Works and Days'.

4. According to 'Works and Days', at what age should an ox be when bought and why?

5. Hesiod writes about the different generations in 'Works and Days'. Describe the third generation.

6. Why, in 'Works and Days', does Hesiod tell his brother to turn his eyes away from his neighbor's riches?

7. What, in 'Works and Days', does Hesiod accuse his brother of doing?

8. In 'Works and Days', what are the two types of strife according to Hesiod?

9. What happens when Orion and Sirius enter mid-heaven according to Hesiod's 'Works and Days'?

10. What is Hesiod's final advice in 'Works and Days' ?

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