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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 'Theogony', what does Earth give Cronus to trick him into thinking she gave him a child?
(a) A slaughtered cow.
(b) A baby wrapped in blankets.
(c) A slaughtered pig.
(d) A stone wrapped in blankets.

2. What does the author not want the subject of 'Works and Days' to fall prey to?
(a) Strife.
(b) Hate.
(c) Envy.
(d) Greed.

3. How many heads does Chimaera have?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 20.

4. Whose conception does the speaker write about at the start of 'Theogony'?
(a) Euarne.
(b) The Muses.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Zeus.

5. Who is the Titans creator?
(a) Earth.
(b) Eros.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Medusa killed in 'Theogony'?

2. In 'Works and Days', when does Hesiod tell his brother he should chop wood?

3. Who gives birth to Themisto, Pronoe and Nemertes?

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

5. What, in 'Works and Days', does Hesiod say his brother should avoid in the winter?

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