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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 discusses the plow season in 'Works and Days'. During the plowing season when will a worker rise?
(a) He will never sleep.
(b) In the morning.
(c) At night.
(d) In the afternoon.

2. Who is Zeus' first child?
(a) Metis.
(b) Hera.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Athena.

3. How does Prometheus try to fool Zeus in the poem 'Theogony'?
(a) He tries to overthrow him.
(b) He wears sheep's clothing.
(c) He slips him some wine.
(d) He unevenly distributes food.

4. How do the third generation, in 'Works and Days', become spirits?
(a) The Gods destroy them.
(b) A comet hits the earth.
(c) They destroy each other.
(d) The Muses destroy them.

5. What happens in 'Theogony' when Zeus murders Cronus?
(a) Cronus dies.
(b) Zeus does not murder Cronus.
(c) Cronus vomits up his children.
(d) Cronus lives forever.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why should a man be hired at a certain age according to 'Works and Days'?

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

3. The Muses tell a story to Hesiod in 'Theogony'. Who do the Muses say came into the world first?

4. Who gives birth to Themisto, Pronoe and Nemertes?

5. Who do the men in the silver generation refuse to serve?

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