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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal marks the time for plowing?
(a) The rooster.
(b) The crane.
(c) The sheep.
(d) The pig.

2. When will the late plower compete with the early plower according to 'Works and Days'?
(a) When Apollo sends rain.
(b) When the rooster crows.
(c) When Zeus sends rain.
(d) When the seal barks.

3. In 'Works and Days', what makes both Gods and men angry?
(a) War.
(b) Foolishness.
(c) Sin.
(d) Idleness.

4. What do idle men envy in 'Works and Days'?
(a) Royalty.
(b) Holy men.
(c) Sinners.
(d) Workers.

5. Who gives birth to Toil, Forgetfulness and Famine.
(a) Love.
(b) Night.
(c) Day.
(d) Strife.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Hesiod's poem 'Works and Days', what does Zeus make man better than?

2. In 'Works and Days', what holiday follows winter?

3. Who is Hecate the nurse of?

4. In Hesiod's poem 'Works and Days', Hesiod suggests that farmers use ox. How old should oxen be when attached to the plow?

5. How does Zeus punish men who marry according to 'Theogony'?

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