Chapter 12 Student Quiz

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. What is the name of the youth loved by Salmacis?

Hermaphroditus correct incorrect

Hyacinthus correct incorrect

Narcissus correct incorrect

Argus correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not true of Hermes?

He protects thieves. correct incorrect

He is the god of undertakers. correct incorrect

He is the god of young boys. correct incorrect

He is the god of merchants. correct incorrect

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. What is the name of the numerous statues of the head of Hermes on a pillar, with male genitals?

petasus correct incorrect

herms correct incorrect

phalli correct incorrect

hermits correct incorrect

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. In his role as Psychopompos, Hermes:

delivers the divine commands of his father Zeus correct incorrect

watches over the prosperity of a household correct incorrect

brings fertility to one's land correct incorrect

guides the souls of the dead into the Underworld correct incorrect

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. Why was Apollo upset with the infant Hermes?

Hermes insulted the oracle of Apollo. correct incorrect

Hermes tried to steal the lyre from him. correct incorrect

Apollo was jealous because Hermes played music better than he. correct incorrect

Hermes stole the cattle of Apollo. correct incorrect

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. What is the caduceus?

a staff topped with a pine cone and entwined with tendrils of ivy correct incorrect

the special winged sandals Hermes wears correct incorrect

the staff entwined with two snakes correct incorrect

the special hat Hermes wears as messenger correct incorrect

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. With which rustic region of Greece is Hermes most associated?

Athens correct incorrect

Delos correct incorrect

Olympia correct incorrect

Arcadia correct incorrect

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. Who is the mother of Hermes?

Metis correct incorrect

Maia correct incorrect

one of the Muses correct incorrect

Hera correct incorrect

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. What instrument did Hermes invent and give to Apollo?

the lyre correct incorrect

the caduceus correct incorrect

winged sandals correct incorrect

the tripod for the Pythia of Apollo correct incorrect

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. Which is not a function or epithet of Hermes?

Argeiphontes correct incorrect

Psychopompos correct incorrect

Messenger of the gods correct incorrect

God of Florists correct incorrect

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. What epithet of Hermes ultimately derives from his association with the Egyptian god Thoth

Trismegistus correct incorrect

Psychopompos correct incorrect

Argeïphontes correct incorrect

Arcadian correct incorrect

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. Who was implicated in the mutilation of the herms?

Socrates correct incorrect

Plutarch correct incorrect

Pericles correct incorrect

Alcibiades correct incorrect

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. What are Hermes' talaria?

his gloves correct incorrect

his sandals correct incorrect

his pipes correct incorrect

his wings correct incorrect

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. With what trickster god does Hermes have the most in common?

Prometheus correct incorrect

Hephaestus correct incorrect

Pan correct incorrect

Priapus correct incorrect

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. With what mountain is Hermes often associated?

Parnassus correct incorrect

Pelion correct incorrect

Cyllene correct incorrect

Helicon correct incorrect