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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Works and Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days of winter are there according to 'Works and Days'?
(a) 60.
(b) 30.
(c) 29.
(d) 95.

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

3. How many heads does Chimaera have?
(a) 20.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

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

5. At the end of Theogony, who does the speaker ask the Muses to sing about?
(a) Women.
(b) Monsters.
(c) Men.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hesiod in 'Works and Days', what is the fourth generation made up of?

2. What creatures are above Typhoeus' neck?

3. Who do Ceto and Phrocys give birth to?

4. In 'Works and Days', what does the author ask the Muses of Pieria for?

5. Who is the hound of Hades?

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