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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hymns to Hermes.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the helmsman of the boat recognize?
(a) The holiness of the prisoner.
(b) That the boat was going off course.
(c) The danger that the crew is in.
(d) That the boat was sinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the syallabic script used by the Greeks in the late Bronze Age?

2. How does the first Hymn to Dionysus conclude?

3. Who is the other major composer of early Greek poetry that is mentioned in the Introduction?

4. How is Artemis's skill described in the second hymn?

5. What invocation to Dionysus ends the third hymn?

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