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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 plowing too late in the season result in?
(a) A small yield.
(b) A bankrupt farm.
(c) A draught.
(d) No money.

2. What reputation should men avoid according to 'Works and Days'?
(a) A stingy reputation.
(b) A bad reputation.
(c) A good reputation.
(d) A pious reputation.

3. Who gives birth to Heaven, Hills and Pontius?
(a) Moon.
(b) Night.
(c) Earth.
(d) Chaos.

4. Who gives birth to Doom, Fate, Death and Sleep?
(a) The Muses.
(b) Night.
(c) Day.
(d) Zeus.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What will happen to those that judge straight according to 'Works and Days'?

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

4. Who rules over the sea?

5. Who is the first of Ocean's children to help Zeus fight the Titans in 'Theogony'?

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