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

2. How is Artemis's skill described in the second hymn?
(a) Powerful, but not remorseless.
(b) Powerful and remorseless.
(c) Neither powerful nor remorseless.
(d) Remorseless, but not powerful.

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

4. In The Hymn to Ares, what word is used to describe Ares's force?
(a) Sheer.
(b) Strengthened.
(c) Superior.
(d) Magnificent.

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 does not mention Artemis by name.
(c) The first hymn is shorter.
(d) The first hymn is longer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dionysus turn the crew of the ship into?

2. What does Hermes use to enable him to fly as he disguises his theft?

3. Based on the findings of archaeologists, which centuries have a gap between them where no writings have been found?

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

5. In the opinion of the author, how does Hera's power compare to the influence of her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Earth referred to in The Hymn to the Earth, and what is she praised for?

2. How is Hermes born and raised?

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

4. What is Artemis's skill and how is it described?

5. As explained in the Introduction, what is the purpose of The Homeric Hymns?

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

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

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

9. Why do some historians think that Homer did not actually write his poems?

10. What does Hermes do with the cattle, and how do his mother and Apollo respond?

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