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

2. According to 'Works and Days', what does Zeus hide from men?
(a) Fire.
(b) Water.
(c) Life.
(d) Shelter.

3. What gift do Apollo and the muses give humans in 'Theogony'?
(a) Writers.
(b) Actors.
(c) Painters.
(d) Singers.

4. In 'Theogony', who does Zeus honor above all the other Gods?
(a) Hecate.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Styx.
(d) Apollo.

5. In 'Works and Days', what should one wash before crossing a river?
(a) Their hands.
(b) Their arms.
(c) Their feet.
(d) Their face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What creatures are above Typhoeus' neck?

2. In 'Works and Days', what does Hesiod say his brother should build in the summer?

3. Who should give people wealth according to Hesiod's poem 'Works and Days'?

4. Apollo and the Muses give a gift to humans in 'Theogony'? Why did they give this gift?

5. According to 'Theogony', who springs forth from Medusa's wounds?

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