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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who gives birth to Aether and Day?
(a) Erebus and Night.
(b) Zeus and Hera.
(c) Earth and Eros.
(d) Chaos and Night.

5. In 'Theogony', which sons does Heaven hate?
(a) Brontes, Steroppes and Hera.
(b) Cottus, Briareos and Gyes.
(c) Zeus and Apollo.
(d) Phoebe, Tethys and Arges.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in 'Works and Days', teaches Zeus's maiden for the mortals about deceit?

2. What reputation should men avoid according to 'Works and Days'?

3. Who gives birth to the Cyclopes?

4. In 'Works and Days', what is the third generation like?

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

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