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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hymns to the Earth, Artemis, Hera, and the Mother of the Gods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What meter are the hymns composed in?
(a) Tetrameter.
(b) Hexameter.
(c) Trimeter.
(d) Pentameter.

2. What was the syallabic script used by the Greeks in the late Bronze Age?
(a) Linear B.
(b) Linear D.
(c) Linear A.
(d) Linear C.

3. In the poet's opinion, how do Earth's blessings manifest themselves in males?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Might.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Wisdom.

4. According to the hymn, where does Artemis dance?
(a) At her sister's house.
(b) On a mountain.
(c) In the forest.
(d) At her brother's house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opinion of the author, how does Hera's power compare to the influence of her husband?

2. What is the length of the shortest hymn?

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

4. What type of nourishment of humanity does the Earth have according to the first hymn?

5. In what way does the author describe how Earth's blessings manifest themselves in females?

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