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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives in a cave under a rock in 'Theogony'?
(a) Echidna.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Apollo.

2. Who gives birth to Themisto, Pronoe and Nemertes?
(a) Nereus and Doris.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Nerues.
(d) Doris.

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

4. In 'Theogony', what does Atlas hold?
(a) The globe.
(b) The oceans.
(c) Heaven.
(d) An arrow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What size ship should his brother use if he chooses seafaring, writes Hesiod?

2. How does Heaven's son betray her in 'Theogony'?

3. Who gives birth to the Cyclopes?

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

5. Who eats Prometheus' liver?

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