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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Apollo and the Muses give a gift to humans in 'Theogony'? Why did they give this gift?
(a) To entertain them.
(b) To give them knowledge.
(c) To end sorrow.
(d) To make beauty.

2. What should be avoided during harvest time according to 'Works and Days'?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Staying up late.
(c) Sleeping until dawn.
(d) Hard work.

3. Who does Hesiod say constructs Zeus' maiden for the mortals in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Hephaestru.
(b) Hera.
(c) Athena.
(d) Apollo.

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

5. What is the job of the Muses that 'Theogony' deems most important?
(a) Feed dew to heaven-chosen princes.
(b) Create poetry for the Greeks.
(c) Sing to Zeus.
(d) Feed Zeus grapes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Heaven's son betray her in 'Theogony'?

2. Who does Hesiod claim in 'Theogony' lives in the house of Zeus?

3. What is Athena's greatest gift?

4. Who do Thaumas and Electra give birth to?

5. In 'Works and Days', how do members of the fourth generation die?

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