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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does a little plus a little equal according to Hesiod in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A little.
(c) Much more.
(d) Less than before.

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

4. How many kinds of strife exist according to 'Works and Days'?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

6. What does Hesiod tell his brother to do, in 'Works and Days', if he wants wealth?
(a) Pray.
(b) Murder.
(c) Work.
(d) Steal.

7. What should be avoided during harvest time according to 'Works and Days'?
(a) Sleeping until dawn.
(b) Staying up late.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Alcohol.

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

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

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

11. In 'Works and Days', what holiday follows winter?
(a) Solstice.
(b) Christmas.
(c) The Fourth of July.
(d) Easter.

12. According to 'Works and Days', if a man listens to wise council, what does it make him?
(a) A wise man.
(b) A foolish man.
(c) A king.
(d) A young man.

13. According to 'Works and Days', where does Zeus place the survivors of the fourth generation?
(a) An abode at the ends of the earth.
(b) In a house in the ocean.
(c) In Mount Olympus.
(d) In a cave.

14. In 'Works and Days', what should one wash before crossing a river?
(a) Their hands.
(b) Their face.
(c) Their feet.
(d) Their arms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hesiod suggest to his brother in 'Works and Days' to do if it is windy outside?

2. Who does Hesiod write in 'Works and Days' that his brother should sacrifice to?

3. How do the third generation, in 'Works and Days', become spirits?

4. How close is the land of Badness?

5. Hesiod discusses the plow season in 'Works and Days'. During the plowing season when will a worker rise?

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