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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hymns to Ares, Herakles, Ausklepios, and Pan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the helmsman in The Hymn to Dionysus?
(a) He is released by Dionysus on an island.
(b) He is richly rewarded.
(c) He swims to safety on a nearby island.
(d) He is turned into a hawk.

2. In the first Hymn to Hermes, who is described as Hermes's mother?
(a) Semele.
(b) Maia.
(c) Hera.
(d) Dione.

3. How is Artemis's skill described in the second hymn?
(a) Powerful, but not remorseless.
(b) Neither powerful nor remorseless.
(c) Powerful and remorseless.
(d) Remorseless, but not powerful.

4. Who is the other major composer of early Greek poetry that is mentioned in the Introduction?
(a) Antimachus.
(b) Hesiod.
(c) Thespis.
(d) Euripides.

5. How many songs are used to compose the Homeric Hymns?
(a) Forty three.
(b) Twenty three.
(c) Thirty three.
(d) Fifty three.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to The Second Hymn to Dionysus, who is the father of Dionysus?

2. What does the poet pray for at the end of The Hymn to Herakles?

3. How is the sailing ship that captures Dionysus described?

4. How is Herakles described in the hymn?

5. Which one of the following corresponds to an ancient tradition about Homer?

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