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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hymns to Hermes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the judgment that Hermes receives?
(a) He must grant Apollo three wishes.
(b) He can keep the stolen animals.
(c) He must apologize to Apollo.
(d) He must return the stolen animals to Apollo.

2. How is Hermes's defense described in the first hymn?
(a) Illogical.
(b) Spirited.
(c) Flawed.
(d) Lengthy.

3. What does the first hymn to Hera praise her for?
(a) Her eminence and glory.
(b) Her mercifulness and glory.
(c) Her eminence, mercifulness, and glory.
(d) Her eminence and mercifulness.

4. What is the length of the longest hymn?
(a) Fifty eight lines.
(b) Five hundred and eighty lines.
(c) Twenty eight lines.
(d) Two hundred and eighty lines.

5. How many of the stolen animals does Hermes sacrifice in the caves?
(a) Three.
(b) All of them.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the conclusion of the first hymn, how is Hermes described?

2. What way does the poet describe the manifestation of Earth's blessings in children?

3. In a tribute, which Greek historian attributes the "Hymn to Apollo" to Homer?

4. What talent of Apollo is described in the first Hymn to Hermes?

5. What is Artemis's skill?

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