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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the length of the longest hymn?
(a) Twenty eight lines.
(b) Five hundred and eighty lines.
(c) Two hundred and eighty lines.
(d) Fifty eight lines.

2. How is Artemis's dancing described in the hymn?
(a) Consistent.
(b) Graceful.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Balanced.

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

4. Who jumps overboard after Dionysus's transformation?
(a) The entire crew except for the helmsman.
(b) The entire crew except for the captain.
(c) The entire crew.
(d) No one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Earth praised for in the first hymn?

2. In the first Hymn to Hermes, where is Hermes judged for his crimes?

3. What century did the Ancient Greeks begin to use the alphabetic script?

4. What instrument is Artemis known for using?

5. Which god did the Homeridae feature in their preludes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What other name is Herakles known as, and how is he born?

2. Who assists the poet in The Hymn to the Mother of the Gods, and what does it refer to?

3. What is Herakles known for and what prayer does the poet make at the conclusion of The Hymn to Herakles?

4. How does Hermes invent the lyre?

5. Where is Dionysus captured in The Hymn to Dionysus?

6. How does the poet explain Hera's power?

7. How is Asclepios described in The Hymn to Asclepios?

8. What does Hermes steal from Apollo and how does he do it?

9. What is different about the way The Hymn to Ares begins and what is Ares known for?

10. How long ago was the collection of The Homeric Hymns formed, and how many songs were compiled?

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