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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What century did the Ancient Greeks begin to use the alphabetic script?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Second.
(c) Fifth.
(d) First.

2. How does Hermes's mother discover that he has been up to no good?
(a) His odd behavior.
(b) His absence.
(c) His silence.
(d) His rudeness.

3. In the poet's opinion, how do Earth's blessings manifest themselves in males?
(a) Might.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Fortitude.
(d) Wisdom.

4. Which one of the following is not a well known recurrent theme of Ancient Greek literature?
(a) The inevitable nature of old age.
(b) Ignorance of the future.
(c) Ignorance of the past.
(d) The uncertainty of life.

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

6. 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.

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

8. What is the purpose of the first hymn to Artemis?
(a) To describe another god that Artemis emulated.
(b) To describe Artemis' shortcomings.
(c) To introduce Homer's knowledge of Artemis.
(d) To introduce the second one.

9. What was the syallabic script used by the Greeks in the late Bronze Age?
(a) Linear A.
(b) Linear B.
(c) Linear D.
(d) Linear C.

10. Along with his feats of strength, which one of the following is also discussed in The Hymn to Herakles?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His wandering.
(c) His rivalries.
(d) His philosophy.

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

12. What type of leaves appear as the boat continues to sail while holding Dionysus?
(a) Vine and flower leaves.
(b) Plant leaves.
(c) Plant and flower leaves.
(d) Vine leaves.

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

14. What does the poet pray for at the end of The Hymn to Herakles?
(a) Excellence and fortune.
(b) Fortune and wealth.
(c) Excellence, fortune, and wealth.
(d) Excellence and wealth.

15. 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 released by Dionysus on an island.
(d) He is turned into a hawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who jumps overboard after Dionysus's transformation?

2. At the conclusion of the first hymn, how is Hermes described?

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

4. In The Hymn to the Earth, what does the poet refer to the Earth as?

5. According to The Second Hymn to Dionysus, who is the father of Dionysus?

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