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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, according to 'Works and Days', are the men in the silver generation like?
(a) Brave.
(b) Wise.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Silly.

2. Hesiod discusses the plow season in 'Works and Days'. During the plowing season when will a worker rise?
(a) In the morning.
(b) He will never sleep.
(c) At night.
(d) In the afternoon.

3. Who is the hound of Hades?
(a) Cerberus.
(b) Icarus.
(c) Meradus.
(d) The Minotaur.

4. How does Heaven's son betray her in 'Theogony'?
(a) He hides Earth.
(b) He sells a piece of her to Zeus.
(c) He shoots her.
(d) He cuts off her members.

5. Who eventually give Zeus thunder?
(a) Hera.
(b) Earth.
(c) Cronos.
(d) The Cyclopes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Heaven hide the sons she hates in 'Theogony'?

2. Who eats Prometheus' liver?

3. In Hesiod's poem 'Works and Days', what does Zeus make man better than?

4. Who is the father of gods and men?

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

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