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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 longest hymn?
(a) Fifty eight lines.
(b) Two hundred and eighty lines.
(c) Five hundred and eighty lines.
(d) Twenty eight lines.

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

3. What fifth-century poet is mentioned in the Introduction in reference to a description of the Homeridae?
(a) Panyassis.
(b) Telecleides.
(c) Pindar.
(d) Choerilus.

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

5. How many of the stolen animals does Hermes sacrifice in the caves?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) All of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the sailing ship that captures Dionysus described?

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

3. How is Artemis's skill described in the second hymn?

4. According to The Third Hymn to Dionysus, why is Dionysus raised in secrecy?

5. What fruit do the leaves sprout as Dionysus remains on the sailing ship?

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