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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 length of the shortest hymn?
(a) Three paragraphs.
(b) Two paragraphs.
(c) Three lines.
(d) Two lines.

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

3. In what way does the author describe how Earth's blessings manifest themselves in females?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Tenderness.
(d) Courage.

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

5. Which one of the following epics was composed by Homer?
(a) Metamorpheses.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) Theogony.
(d) Works and Days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the judgment that Hermes receives?

2. In summarizing The Hymn to the Earth, what does the poet suggest follows the manifestation of Earth's blessings?

3. Who is Hera's husband?

4. Who is the father of Hermes, according to the first Hymn?

5. What is Artemis's skill?

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