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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Earth praised for in the first hymn?
(a) Her loyalty.
(b) Her sacredness.
(c) Her commitment.
(d) Her strength.

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

3. What does Dionysus turn the crew of the ship into?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Penguins.
(c) Dolphins.
(d) Frogs.

4. Which one of the following corresponds to an ancient tradition about Homer?
(a) He was the creator of the Greek alphabet.
(b) He was blind.
(c) He spent most of his life alone.
(d) He did not live in Ancient Rome or Greece.

5. What is the difference between the first and second hymns to Artemis?
(a) The first hymn is not about Artemis.
(b) The first hymn is shorter.
(c) The first hymn does not mention Artemis by name.
(d) The first hymn is longer.

6. How do historians think that the Homeric poems were composed?
(a) It is unclear.
(b) By writing.
(c) Verbally.
(d) Both by writing and verbally.

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

8. As stated in the hymn, who does Ares lead?
(a) All loyal men.
(b) All just men.
(c) Most loyal men.
(d) Most just men.

9. Which argument does the poet describe in The Hymn to Dionysus?
(a) The argument between Dionysus, the helmsman, and the captain.
(b) The argument between the helmsman and the captain.
(c) The argument between Dionysus and the helmsman.
(d) The argument between Dionysus and the captain.

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

11. What does the first hymn to Hera praise her for?
(a) Her mercifulness and glory.
(b) Her eminence, mercifulness, and glory.
(c) Her eminence and mercifulness.
(d) Her eminence and glory.

12. At the conclusion of the first hymn, how is Hermes described?
(a) As a cheater and a helper.
(b) As a cheater, but not a helper.
(c) As neither a helper nor a cheater.
(d) As a helper, but not a cheater.

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

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

15. How many of the stolen animals does Hermes sacrifice in the caves?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) All of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument is Artemis known for using?

2. What does the poet pray for at the end of The Hymn to Herakles?

3. What meter are the hymns composed in?

4. What is the length of the shortest hymn?

5. What does Apollo give to Hermes towards the end of the first hymn?

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