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Questions 1-5 of 25:

Whose child does Demeter attempt to make immortal? (from The Hymn to Demeter)

Pasiphae.

Pyrrha.

Metanira.

Marpesia.

How does The Hymn to Ares end? (from The Hymns to Ares, Herakles, Ausklepios, and Pan)

With a prayer.

With a song.

With a prediction.

With a riddle.

Which of the following gifts does the poet celebrate in The Hymn to Delian Apollo? (from The Hymns to Apollo)

Speed.

Music.

Intelligence.

Strength.

Where is Demeter's daughter taken when she is kidnapped? (from The Hymn to Demeter)

A mountain.

The underworld.

An island.

Atlantis.

What does the poet think causes the complications surrounding Apollo's birth? (from The Hymns to Apollo)

Hera's lies.

Hera's jealousy.

A lack of help for Apollo's mother.

A lack of approval of the birth by the gods.

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