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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hymns to Athena and Hestia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of voice does the author ask Ares to help him restore?
(a) A relentless voice.
(b) A shrill voice.
(c) A chilling voice.
(d) A loud voice.

2. When is Anchises bewitched by Aphrodite's beauty?
(a) Two days after they meet.
(b) Immediately.
(c) Three days after they meet.
(d) One week after they meet.

3. What does Hermes steal from Apollo?
(a) A group of horses.
(b) A group of oxen.
(c) A herd of cattle.
(d) A herd of sheep.

4. Which one of the following is not something that Hermes was known as?
(a) Adventurer.
(b) Liar.
(c) Trickster.
(d) Messenger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on the information provided in The Second Hymn to Dionysus, who raises Dionysus?

2. What fifth-century poet is mentioned in the Introduction in reference to a description of the Homeridae?

3. Whose child does Demeter attempt to make immortal?

4. Which one of the following is not included in the description of Hermes provided in The Second Hymn to Hermes?

5. According to the hymn, how does Demeter try to make a child immortal?

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