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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the third generation, in 'Works and Days', become spirits?
(a) They destroy each other.
(b) The Muses destroy them.
(c) The Gods destroy them.
(d) A comet hits the earth.

2. What does not exist before Pandora walks amongst the mortals?
(a) Love.
(b) Fire.
(c) Evil.
(d) Good.

3. Who is the most awful child of Earth and Heaven?
(a) Star.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Night.
(d) Cronos.

4. Who should give people wealth according to Hesiod's poem 'Works and Days'?
(a) Buisness owners.
(b) No one.
(c) Banks.
(d) The Gods.

5. What does Hesiod say is the best type of man in his poem 'Works and Days'?
(a) One who is charitable.
(b) One who is poor.
(c) One who considers himself.
(d) One who is wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Goddess, according to 'Theogony', has privileges amongst the heavens, earth and sea?

2. In 'Works and Days', what does plowing too late in the season result in?

3. In 'Works and Days', who does Hesiod say the God's will destroy?

4. When will the late plower compete with the early plower according to 'Works and Days'?

5. What does Zeus send to Menoetius in 'Theogony', as a punishment for his pride?

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