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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hymns to Ares, Herakles, Ausklepios, and Pan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What way does the poet describe the manifestation of Earth's blessings in children?
(a) Joy.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Simplicity.
(d) Hopefulness.

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

3. What is the voice that the author refers to in The Hymn to Ares provoking him to do?
(a) Enter battle.
(b) Write another song.
(c) Write another poem.
(d) Retreat from battle.

4. What does the poet ask Ares for?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Independence.
(c) Courage.
(d) Strength.

5. When does Hermes reportedly kill a large turtle?
(a) The day after he is born.
(b) Two weeks after he is born.
(c) The week after he is born.
(d) Two days after he is born.

Short Answer Questions

1. As stated in the hymn, who does Ares lead?

2. How is Artemis's dancing described in the hymn?

3. What does Apollo give to Hermes towards the end of the first hymn?

4. What does Hermes steal from Apollo?

5. How does Hermes's mother discover that he has been up to no good?

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