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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 the speaker learn from the Muses in 'Theogony'?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Acting.
(c) Art.
(d) Song.

2. Who lives in a cave under a rock in 'Theogony'?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Echidna.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Sparta.

3. What did the Muses give the speaker in 'Theogony'?
(a) A fluent pen.
(b) A world as a stage.
(c) A divine voice.
(d) A swift paint brush.

4. Who rules over the sea?
(a) Tricor.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Triton.
(d) The mermaids.

5. In 'Theogony', why do the Gods choose Zeus to rule them?
(a) He controls lightning.
(b) He beat the Titans.
(c) He controls thunder.
(d) He beats Typhoeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why should a man be hired at a certain age according to 'Works and Days'?

2. How does Hesiod explain in 'Theogony' that Aphrodite is formed?

3. What is Hesiod's parting advice in 'Works and Days'?

4. How many muses are there?

5. Who does Hesiod say constructs Zeus' maiden for the mortals in 'Works and Days'?

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