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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 does Justice tell Zeus about?
(a) Muses who are lazy.
(b) Gods who commit treason.
(c) Children who sin.
(d) Men with wicked hearts.

2. What do idle men envy in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Workers.
(b) Sinners.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Holy men.

3. Who is Justice?
(a) A mortal.
(b) Zeus's daughter.
(c) Athena's daughter.
(d) A Muse.

4. Who do the men in the silver generation refuse to serve?
(a) Muses.
(b) Kings.
(c) Queens.
(d) Gods.

5. In 'Theogony', how does Zeus say men who will do not marry will be punished?
(a) They will be marked with a curse.
(b) They will live forever.
(c) They will die a cruel death.
(d) They will have no one to take care of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Prometheus' liver every day?

2. What is the fourth generation like in 'Works and Days'?

3. What does Hesiod suggest to his brother in 'Works and Days' to do if it is windy outside?

4. When will the late plower compete with the early plower according to 'Works and Days'?

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

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