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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 do the third generation, in 'Works and Days', become spirits?
(a) A comet hits the earth.
(b) They destroy each other.
(c) The Muses destroy them.
(d) The Gods destroy them.

2. Who is the hound of Hades?
(a) Meradus.
(b) The Minotaur.
(c) Cerberus.
(d) Icarus.

3. In 'Works and Days', what does Hesiod say his brother should build in the summer?
(a) Houses.
(b) Barns.
(c) Stairs.
(d) Temples.

4. How close is the land of Badness?
(a) 500 miles.
(b) Close.
(c) A lifetime away.
(d) Far away.

5. What creature does Hera raise to plague the Nemeans?
(a) A bear.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many heads does Chimaera have?

2. Who finds the object in 'Works and Days' that Zeus hides from mortals?

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

4. Who follows Aphrodite after her birth in 'Theogony'?

5. According to Hesiod's poem 'Theogony', how does Cronus try to prevent Heaven and Earth's prophecy?

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