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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What invocation to Dionysus ends the third hymn?
(a) Girl-crazy lion.
(b) Wild, noisy lion.
(c) Wild, noisy goat.
(d) Girl-crazy goat.

2. According to the poet of the hymns, who is responsible for Aphrodite's desire for mortal men?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Hestia.
(d) Hera.

3. What happens to the helmsman in The Hymn to Dionysus?
(a) He is richly rewarded.
(b) He swims to safety on a nearby island.
(c) He is turned into a hawk.
(d) He is released by Dionysus on an island.

4. What name does the poet give to the moon?
(a) Selene.
(b) Luna.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Artemis.

5. According to the hymn, what does Hephaistos do for the men he represents?
(a) He makes their work widely accepted, but not easier.
(b) He makes their work easier, but still not widely accepted.
(c) He makes their work easier and more widely accepted.
(d) He has no effect on them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times is Apollo rejected by reluctant land in The Hymn to Pythian Apollo?

2. After Demeter abandons the attempt to make the child immortal, what kind of existence does she have?

3. What is the purpose of the first hymn to Artemis?

4. Who does the moon apparently have an affair with, creating a daughter in the process?

5. How is Apollo's birth described?

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