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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Hermes use to enable him to fly as he disguises his theft?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Winds.
(d) Shoes.

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

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

6. In the first Hymn to Hermes, where is Hermes judged for his crimes?
(a) Mount Athos.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Mount Olympus.
(d) Delphi.

7. What talent of Apollo is described in the first Hymn to Hermes?
(a) Music.
(b) Magic.
(c) Archery.
(d) Writing.

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

9. How does The Hymn to Dionysus begin?
(a) With a description of Dionysus.
(b) With a note from Homer.
(c) With a song about Dionysus.
(d) With a note from the translator.

10. As described in The Hymn to Asclepios, what is Asclepios known for?
(a) Flight.
(b) Healing.
(c) Fire.
(d) War.

11. Where does Herakles eventually live?
(a) Athens.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Argos.
(d) Mount Olympus.

12. In what way does the author describe how Earth's blessings manifest themselves in females?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Courage.
(c) Tenderness.
(d) Warmth.

13. Making it different than many of the other hymns, how does The Hymn to Ares begin?
(a) With a description of another god.
(b) With no mention of Ares's name.
(c) With a repetition of Ares's name.
(d) With the reference to another god.

14. As stated in The Second Hymn to Dionysus, who is the mother of Dionysus?
(a) Hera.
(b) Semele.
(c) Dione.
(d) Maia.

15. In the story, where is Dionysus raised?
(a) A secret cave.
(b) A secret island.
(c) A secret fortress.
(d) A secret mountain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do historians think that the Homeric poems were composed?

3. How does the poet describe the laws of peace that he wishes to linger in at the end of The Hymn to Ares?

4. What animal does Dionysus turn into while on board the ship?

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

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