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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. In a tribute, which Greek historian attributes the "Hymn to Apollo" to Homer?
(a) Ephorus.
(b) Aethlius.
(c) Xenophon.
(d) Thucydides.

2. In the opinion of the author, how does Hera's power compare to the influence of her husband?
(a) It is more powerful.
(b) It is less powerful in some ways, and more powerful in other ways.
(c) It is less powerful.
(d) It is equal.

3. What is Artemis's skill?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Speed.
(c) Singing.
(d) Fighting wars.

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

5. How is Artemis's skill described in the second hymn?
(a) Remorseless, but not powerful.
(b) Neither powerful nor remorseless.
(c) Powerful and remorseless.
(d) Powerful, but not remorseless.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meter are the hymns composed in?

2. How do historians think that the Homeric poems were composed?

3. According to the most recent study included in the Introduction, what period are the longer hymns from?

4. In The Hymn to the Earth, what does the poet refer to the Earth as?

5. As used by the Greeks to describe The Homeric Hymns, what does the word, charis, mean?

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