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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 do Ceto and Phrocys give birth to?
(a) Medusa.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Hera.
(d) Apollo.

2. What does a little plus a little equal according to Hesiod in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Much more.
(b) Less than before.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A little.

3. Who reports to Zeus on the behavior of men?
(a) Hades.
(b) Justice.
(c) Honor.
(d) Hera.

4. In 'Works and Days', what holiday follows winter?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) The Fourth of July.
(d) Solstice.

5. Why is Earth mad at Heaven in 'Theogony'?
(a) She has an affair.
(b) She disobeyed him.
(c) She hid his sons.
(d) She betrayed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'Theogony', what story does the speaker ask the Muses to tell him first?

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

3. How is Medusa killed in 'Theogony'?

4. Who is the most awful child of Earth and Heaven?

5. What do the race of men created by Cronos enjoy in 'Works and Days'

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