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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 do idle men envy in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Workers.
(b) Sinners.
(c) Holy men.
(d) Royalty.

2. What did the Muses give the speaker in 'Theogony'?
(a) A world as a stage.
(b) A fluent pen.
(c) A swift paint brush.
(d) A divine voice.

3. Why should a man be hired at a certain age according to 'Works and Days'?
(a) He will be young.
(b) He will not be distracted.
(c) He will be married.
(d) He will be old.

4. Which Goddess, according to 'Theogony', has privileges amongst the heavens, earth and sea?
(a) Aretha.
(b) Hera.
(c) The titans.
(d) Hecate.

5. How does Zeus punish men who marry according to 'Theogony'?
(a) The will die a cruel death.
(b) They will live in a mixture of good and evil.
(c) They will cry forever.
(d) They will live forever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zeus distribute to the immortals in 'Theogony'?

2. In 'Works and Days', who does Hermes deliver the maiden Zeus constructs to?

3. What, according to 'Works and Days', are the men in the silver generation like?

4. In 'Theogony', how long do Zeus and Mnemosyne lay together prior to conceiving the Muses?

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

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