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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, in 'Works and Days', should plow men pray to in order to obtain good crops?
(a) Zeus and Demeter.
(b) Athena and Hercules.
(c) Apollo and Athena.
(d) Adonis and Zeus.

2. In 'Works and Days', how do members of the fourth generation die?
(a) At war.
(b) During an earthquake.
(c) At the hands of Zeus.
(d) At sea.

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

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

5. Who guards the Titans after they are defeated in 'Theogony'?
(a) Prometheus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Hades.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the race of men created by Cronos enjoy in 'Works and Days'

2. What does not exist before Pandora walks amongst the mortals?

3. Who follows Aphrodite after her birth in 'Theogony'?

4. What creatures are above Typhoeus' neck?

5. In 'Works and Days', who does Hesiod create a fable for?

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