View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the moral of the fable in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Don't try and withstand the stronger being.
(b) The meek shall inherit the earth.
(c) Fight till the finish.
(d) Sinners will be punished.

2. In 'Works and Days', what does Hesiod accuse his brother of?
(a) Stealing his inheritance.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Murder.
(d) Greed.

3. What will happen to those that judge straight according to 'Works and Days'?
(a) They will sin.
(b) The will perish.
(c) They will prosper.
(d) The will go to Hades.

4. What size ship should his brother use if he chooses seafaring, writes Hesiod?
(a) 3 ships.
(b) A large ship.
(c) A medium ship.
(d) A small ship.

5. What does a good servant do during plow time according to 'Works and Days'?
(a) Water plants.
(b) Hide seeds.
(c) Cut crops.
(d) Feed the farmer.

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

7. In the fable in 'Works and Days', who does the bird attack?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A lion.
(c) A bear.
(d) A nightingale.

8. Who does Justice tell Zeus about?
(a) Men with wicked hearts.
(b) Muses who are lazy.
(c) Gods who commit treason.
(d) Children who sin.

9. In Hesiod's poem 'Works and Days', what does Zeus make man better than?
(a) The Mountains.
(b) Beasts.
(c) The heavens.
(d) Gods.

10. What, in 'Works and Days', is the fifth generation made of?
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Iron.

11. Why should a man be hired at a certain age according to 'Works and Days'?
(a) He will not be distracted.
(b) He will be old.
(c) He will be young.
(d) He will be married.

12. How close is the land of Badness?
(a) A lifetime away.
(b) Far away.
(c) 500 miles.
(d) Close.

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

14. What trade does Hesiod offer to teach his brother in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Carpentry.
(b) Sculpting
(c) Pottery.
(d) Trading.

15. What, in 'Works and Days', does Hesiod tell his brother to turn his head away from?
(a) Murder.
(b) Other's property.
(c) Sin.
(d) His neighbor's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hesiod say is the best type of man in his poem 'Works and Days'?

2. According to 'Works and Days', where does Zeus place the survivors of the fourth generation?

3. What, according to 'Works and Days', are the men in the silver generation like?

4. According to 'Works and Days', who will punish those who are cruel?

5. In 'Works and Days', what holiday follows winter?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 446 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample