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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) Five hundred and eighty lines.
(b) Twenty eight lines.
(c) Two hundred and eighty lines.
(d) Fifty eight lines.

2. In the opinion of the author, how does Hera's power compare to the influence of her husband?
(a) It is equal.
(b) It is less powerful in some ways, and more powerful in other ways.
(c) It is more powerful.
(d) It is less powerful.

3. Based on the findings of archaeologists, which centuries have a gap between them where no writings have been found?
(a) The twelfth and seventh.
(b) The twelfth and ninth.
(c) The eighth and fourth.
(d) The eighth and second.

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

5. What is the length of the shortest hymn?
(a) Three paragraphs.
(b) Three lines.
(c) Two paragraphs.
(d) Two lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Making it different than many of the other hymns, how does The Hymn to Ares begin?

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

3. In summarizing The Hymn to the Earth, what does the poet suggest follows the manifestation of Earth's blessings?

4. Which argument does the poet describe in The Hymn to Dionysus?

5. Which one of the following is not included in the description of Hermes provided in The Second Hymn to Hermes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Artemis's beauty portrayed in The Second Hymn to Artemis.

2. What are the varying lengths of the hymns?

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

4. How does Hermes invent the lyre?

5. What are the circumstances surrounding Pan's birth and how is he described in The Hymn to Pan?

6. What happens to the crew of the sailing ship that captured Dionysus?

7. How is Hermes born and raised?

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

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

10. What leads historians to believe that Homer either wrote or was influential in the writing of the hymns?

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