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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hymns to the Sun, Moon and the Dioscuri.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In The Hymn to Aphrodite, what job does Anchises have?
(a) He is a sheepherder.
(b) He is a cowherd.
(c) He is a soldier.
(d) He is a poet.

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

4. What is Anchises's initial reaction when he learns Aphrodite's true identity?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is terrified.
(d) He is amused.

5. Which one of the following is not a well known recurrent theme of Ancient Greek literature?
(a) Ignorance of the future.
(b) Ignorance of the past.
(c) The inevitable nature of old age.
(d) The uncertainty of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. As described by the poet, what kind of wings do Castor and Pollux use to shoot across the sky?

2. In The Hymn to Ares, what word is used to describe Ares's force?

3. Who jumps overboard after Dionysus's transformation?

4. Where is Demeter's daughter taken when she is kidnapped?

5. What meter are the hymns composed in?

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