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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. How does The Hymn to Ares end?
(a) With a riddle.
(b) With a prediction.
(c) With a prayer.
(d) With a song.

2. How many songs are used to compose the Homeric Hymns?
(a) Thirty three.
(b) Fifty three.
(c) Twenty three.
(d) Forty three.

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

4. What does Apollo give to Hermes towards the end of the first hymn?
(a) A horse.
(b) A bow.
(c) A pair of shoes.
(d) A wand.

5. Based on the information provided in The Second Hymn to Dionysus, who raises Dionysus?
(a) Amazons.
(b) Nymphs.
(c) Sirens.
(d) Harpies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which god did the Homeridae feature in their preludes?

2. What does the poet ask Ares for?

3. What does the helmsman of the boat recognize?

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

5. What meter are the hymns composed in?

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