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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the moral of the fable in 'Works and Days'?
(a) The meek shall inherit the earth.
(b) Fight till the finish.
(c) Sinners will be punished.
(d) Don't try and withstand the stronger being.

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

3. What is Athena's greatest gift?
(a) War.
(b) The arts.
(c) Love.
(d) Knowledge.

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

5. According to 'Works and Days', where does Zeus place the survivors of the fourth generation?
(a) In a cave.
(b) An abode at the ends of the earth.
(c) In Mount Olympus.
(d) In a house in the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Chimaera?

2. Who eats Prometheus' liver?

3. Who gives birth to Zeus' first child?

4. Who gives birth to Heaven, Hills and Pontius?

5. Who reports to Zeus on the behavior of men?

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