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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet ask to be blessed with at the conclusion of the final Hymn to Athena?
(a) Good luck and happiness.
(b) Happiness and fortune.
(c) Happiness and knowledge.
(d) Good luck and wealth.

2. Who does the moon apparently have an affair with, creating a daughter in the process?
(a) Ares.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Zeus.

3. Whose child does Demeter attempt to make immortal?
(a) Marpesia.
(b) Pasiphae.
(c) Pyrrha.
(d) Metanira.

4. How is Demeter's wandering described as she searches for her daughter?
(a) Obsessive.
(b) Determined.
(c) Circular.
(d) Aimless.

5. How is Hephaistos described in The Hymn to Hephaistos?
(a) Ugly, but not deformed.
(b) Neither ugly nor deformed.
(c) Deformed, but not ugly.
(d) Ugly and deformed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about The Hymn to the Sun?

2. What do all of the hymns in this section (The Hymn to Hephaistos, The Hymn to Poseidon, The Hymn to Zeus, and The Hymn to the Muses) have in common?

3. What characteristic does the hymn point out about Hephaistos?

4. As explained in The Second Hymn to Aphrodite, how was Aphrodite born?

5. In the poet's prayer at the conclusion of The Hymn to the Sun, what does he hope that his life will satisfy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which lesson does The Hymn to Hephaistos illustrate?

2. How does Demeter encounter King Celeus and Metanira?

3. What is the explanation of the seasons according to the myths?

4. How many hymns are written about Hestia and what is she praised for?

5. What happens to Demeter's daughter and how does Demeter initially respond?

6. Who is Aphrodite attracted to and what is her plan?

7. What metaphor is used to describe the sun in The Hymn to the Sun?

8. Who is Hephaistos and what is he known for?

9. What is Aphrodite known for, and which three goddesses cannot be influenced by her?

10. What powers are described in The Hymn to Poseidon?

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