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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In 'Works and Days', what is the name of the maiden Zeus prepares for the mortals?
(a) Jewel.
(b) Athena.
(c) Pandora.
(d) Narcissus.

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

4. In 'Works and Days', where do the third generation's spirits travel?
(a) Mount Olympus.
(b) Hades.
(c) Earth.
(d) The heavens.

5. Who, in 'Works and Days', should plow men pray to in order to obtain good crops?
(a) Adonis and Zeus.
(b) Apollo and Athena.
(c) Athena and Hercules.
(d) Zeus and Demeter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Earth mad at Heaven in 'Theogony'?

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

3. What size ship should his brother use if he chooses seafaring, writes Hesiod?

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

5. Who is Hecate the nurse of?

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