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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What temperature, does Hesiod write in 'Works and Days', his brother should avoid?
(a) Humid.
(b) Cold.
(c) Hot.
(d) Balmy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the fable in 'Works and Days', who does the bird attack?

2. What, in 'Works and Days', can man tell the difference between?

3. What is the moral of the fable in 'Works and Days'?

4. Who should give people wealth according to Hesiod's poem 'Works and Days'?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens in the summertime in the poem 'Works and Days'.

2. When will the Gods ignore a mortals prayers according to 'Works and Days'?

3. In 'Works and Days', what should happen when Orion appears?

4. What, in 'Works and Days', does Hesiod accuse his brother of doing?

5. In Hesiod's poem 'Works and Days' he writes a fable. What is Hesiod's fable for princes?

6. In 'Works and Days', why does Hesiod say sailing is best 50 days after the solstice?

7. What happens when Pandora opens her box?

8. In 'Works and Days', what are the two types of strife according to Hesiod?

9. Who, in 'Works and Days', does Hesiod tell his brother not to trust and why?

10. What does Prometheus steal from Zeus to give to mortals in 'Works and Days'?

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