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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to 'Theogony', who is the most important Muse?
(a) Gyes.
(b) Calliope.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hera.

2. What happens in 'Theogony' when Zeus murders Cronus?
(a) Zeus does not murder Cronus.
(b) Cronus dies.
(c) Cronus vomits up his children.
(d) Cronus lives forever.

3. In 'Works and Days', who teaches Zeus's maiden for the mortals about grace and beauty?
(a) Hera.
(b) Athena.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Pandora.

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

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 have no one to take care of them.
(c) They will live forever.
(d) They will die a cruel death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eats Prometheus' liver?

2. What does Zeus send to Menoetius in 'Theogony', as a punishment for his pride?

3. What does Hesiod tell his brother to do, in 'Works and Days', if he wants wealth?

4. One of Heaven's sons greatly injures her in 'Theogony.' What does the blood of Heaven form after the betrayal?

5. In 'Works and Days', who does Hesiod create a fable for?

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