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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. Who is believed to be Herakles's father?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Ares.
(d) Zeus.

2. What does the poet ask Ares for?
(a) Courage.
(b) Independence.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Strength.

3. How many songs are used to compose the Homeric Hymns?
(a) Forty three.
(b) Thirty three.
(c) Fifty three.
(d) Twenty three.

4. What does the poet pray for at the end of The Hymn to Herakles?
(a) Excellence and wealth.
(b) Excellence, fortune, and wealth.
(c) Fortune and wealth.
(d) Excellence and fortune.

5. How is the sailing ship that captures Dionysus described?
(a) Reckless.
(b) Rogue.
(c) Abandoned.
(d) Lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the voice that the author refers to in The Hymn to Ares provoking him to do?

2. Who jumps overboard after Dionysus's transformation?

3. How does The Hymn to Dionysus begin?

4. Which one of the following epics was composed by Homer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the argument between the helmsman and the captain that is described in The Hymn to Dionysus?

2. How is Hermes born and raised?

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

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

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

6. How does Hermes invent the lyre?

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

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

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

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

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