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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 'Works and Days', what does Hesiod accuse his brother of?
(a) Infidelity.
(b) Murder.
(c) Stealing his inheritance.
(d) Greed.

2. What does not exist before Pandora walks amongst the mortals?
(a) Love.
(b) Evil.
(c) Fire.
(d) Good.

3. What happens to the spirits of the men Cronos creates?
(a) They become guardians of the Gods.
(b) They go to Hades.
(c) They become the guardians of mortal men.
(d) They become guardians of the Muses.

4. How many muses are there?
(a) 3.
(b) 15.
(c) 9.
(d) 50.

5. How many sources does the speaker in 'Works and Days' say men and mortals spring from?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hesiod advise his brother to do in 'Works and Days'?

2. In 'Theogony', how does Zeus say men who will do not marry will be punished?

3. How is Medusa killed in 'Theogony'?

4. In Hesiod's poem 'Works and Days', Hesiod suggests that farmers use ox. How old should oxen be when attached to the plow?

5. Which son, according to 'Theogony', decides to betray Heaven and help Earth recover his sons?

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