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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hesiod writes about a fable in 'Works and Days'. What bird is Hesiod's fable about?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A sparrow.
(c) A canary.
(d) A mockingbird.

2. Who does the speaker praise in the beginning of 'Theogony' ?
(a) His father.
(b) Plato.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Zeus.

3. Hesiod discusses the lineage of several Gods in 'Theogony'. Who is Zeus' father?
(a) Cronus.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Gyes.
(d) Cuttus.

4. Who is the Titans creator?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Earth.
(c) Eros.
(d) Heaven.

5. Who is referred to as the old man in 'Theogony'?
(a) Nereus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Strife.
(d) Hercules.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Muses live?

2. In 'Theogony', what does Medusa suffer from?

3. What, in 'Works and Days', does Hesiod tell his brother to turn his head away from?

4. How do the third generation, in 'Works and Days', become spirits?

5. Why, in 'Theogony', is the woman whose guile is not to be withstood by men created?

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