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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to 'Works and Days', does Hesiod say provides food and is not a disgrace?
(a) Farming.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Praying.
(d) Work.

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

3. Who does 'Works and Days' address?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Perses.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hesoid.

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

5. What does the fifth generation never rest from in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sinning.
(c) Praying.
(d) Labor.

6. Who does Hesiod write in 'Works and Days' that his brother should sacrifice to?
(a) The Gods.
(b) Apollo.
(c) The Muses.
(d) His village.

7. What, in 'Works and Days', can man tell the difference between?
(a) Gods and mortals.
(b) Left and right.
(c) Hades and heaven.
(d) Right and wrong.

8. According to Hesiod in 'Works and Days', what is the fourth generation made up of?
(a) Demi-gods.
(b) Gods.
(c) Mortals.
(d) Mermaids.

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

10. According to 'Works and Days', who will punish those who are cruel?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Hades.
(c) Hera.
(d) Hercules.

11. In 'Works and Days', what does Hesiod say his brother should build in the summer?
(a) Barns.
(b) Houses.
(c) Stairs.
(d) Temples.

12. Who finds the object in 'Works and Days' that Zeus hides from mortals?
(a) Hesiod.
(b) Perses.
(c) Prometheus .
(d) Apollo.

13. Who does Hesiod say teaches Zeus's maiden for the mortals about finery in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Hephaestru.
(b) Venus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hera.

14. What does Zeus provide man with in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Lust.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Hate.
(d) Reason.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many goods does Hesiod advise his brother to keep at home?

2. How close is the land of Badness?

3. What does Pandora release amongst the mortals when she lifts the lid off her jar?

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

5. What does Hesiod advise his brother to do in 'Works and Days'?

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