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

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

3. 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 equal.
(c) It is less powerful in some ways, and more powerful in other ways.
(d) It is less powerful.

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

5. Who is the other major composer of early Greek poetry that is mentioned in the Introduction?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Antimachus.
(c) Hesiod.
(d) Thespis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following is not a well known recurrent theme of Ancient Greek literature?

2. What century did the Ancient Greeks begin to use the alphabetic script?

3. What is Artemis's skill?

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

5. What is the difference between the first and second hymns to Artemis?

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