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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hesiod advise his brother to do in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Pray.
(b) Sin.
(c) Work.
(d) Play.

2. How many people, in 'Works and Days', can Zeus provide wealth to?
(a) 24.
(b) Very few.
(c) 1002.
(d) A great number.

3. What does the author not want the subject of 'Works and Days' to fall prey to?
(a) Greed.
(b) Hate.
(c) Strife.
(d) Envy.

4. Hesiod writes about a fable in 'Works and Days'. What bird is Hesiod's fable about?
(a) A sparrow.
(b) A canary.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A mockingbird.

5. Who does Hesiod say constructs Zeus' maiden for the mortals in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Athena.
(b) Hera.
(c) Hephaestru.
(d) Apollo.

6. In 'Works and Days', how do members of the fourth generation die?
(a) At the hands of Zeus.
(b) At sea.
(c) During an earthquake.
(d) At war.

7. How close is the land of goodness?
(a) Far away.
(b) A lifetime away.
(c) 20 miles.
(d) Close.

8. In Hesiod's poem 'Works and Days', Hesiod suggests that farmers use ox. How old should oxen be when attached to the plow?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 24.
(d) 9.

9. What, according to 'Works and Days', are the men in the silver generation like?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Brave.
(c) Silly.
(d) Wise.

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

11. Who is Justice?
(a) Athena's daughter.
(b) Zeus's daughter.
(c) A Muse.
(d) A mortal.

12. What will appear to man when spring begins according to Hesiod's poem, 'Works and Days'?
(a) A peacock.
(b) A horse.
(c) A swallow.
(d) A woodchuck.

13. In 'Works and Days', what does plowing too late in the season result in?
(a) A small yield.
(b) No money.
(c) A bankrupt farm.
(d) A draught.

14. What happens to the silver generation when Zeus puts them away?
(a) They become guardians of Gods.
(b) They become guardians of mortals.
(c) They go to Hades.
(d) They become the blessed spirits of the underworld.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the spirits of the men Cronos creates?

2. What is the fourth generation like in 'Works and Days'?

3. What race of men does Cronos create in 'Works and Days'?

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

5. In 'Works and Days', who does Hermes deliver the maiden Zeus constructs to?

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