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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 is Zeus' first child?
(a) Hera.
(b) Metis.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Athena.

2. What does Pandora release amongst the mortals when she lifts the lid off her jar?
(a) Joy.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Fear.
(d) Plagues.

3. How is Medusa killed in 'Theogony'?
(a) Her head is cut off.
(b) She is drowned.
(c) Her toes are cut off.
(d) She is shot.

4. What does Zeus provide man with in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Reason.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Lust.
(d) Hate.

5. One of Heaven's sons greatly injures her in 'Theogony.' What does the blood of Heaven form after the betrayal?
(a) Erinyes and Nymphs
(b) Erinyes, Giants and Nymphs.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Night and Day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who finds the object in 'Works and Days' that Zeus hides from mortals?

3. What do idle men envy in 'Works and Days'?

4. What does Hesiod advise his brother to do in 'Works and Days'?

5. How many sources does the speaker in 'Works and Days' say men and mortals spring from?

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