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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How close is the land of Badness?
(a) 500 miles.
(b) A lifetime away.
(c) Close.
(d) Far away.

2. When will the late plower compete with the early plower according to 'Works and Days'?
(a) When Apollo sends rain.
(b) When the seal barks.
(c) When the rooster crows.
(d) When Zeus sends rain.

3. What, according to 'Works and Days', are the men in the silver generation like?
(a) Wise.
(b) Silly.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Brave.

4. What does Zeus provide man with in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Reason.
(c) Lust.
(d) Hate.

5. How does Heaven's son betray her in 'Theogony'?
(a) He sells a piece of her to Zeus.
(b) He hides Earth.
(c) He shoots her.
(d) He cuts off her members.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In 'Works and Days', what does the author ask the Muses of Pieria for?

3. What gift do Apollo and the muses give humans in 'Theogony'?

4. Who reports to Zeus on the behavior of men?

5. How many days of winter are there according to 'Works and Days'?

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