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

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

3. In summarizing The Hymn to the Earth, what does the poet suggest follows the manifestation of Earth's blessings?
(a) Health, fortune, and wealth.
(b) Fortune and wealth.
(c) Health and fortune.
(d) Health and wealth.

4. What meter are the hymns composed in?
(a) Tetrameter.
(b) Pentameter.
(c) Hexameter.
(d) Trimeter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following corresponds to an ancient tradition about Homer?

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

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

4. What fifth-century poet is mentioned in the Introduction in reference to a description of the Homeridae?

5. Who is the father of Hermes, according to the first Hymn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during and after the "trial" of Hermes?

2. What is unique about the length of The Hymn to Hermes and what is Hermes known for?

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

4. According to The Hymn to the Earth, how do the Earth's blessings manifest?

5. How is the birth and childhood of Dionysus described in The Second Hymn to Dionysus?

6. Based on the story in The Third Hymn to Dionysus, why is Dionysus hidden as a child?

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

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

9. What interesting request does the poet have for Ares?

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

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