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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose quote opens “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”
(a) Emily Dickinson's.
(b) Homer's.
(c) Sophocles'.
(d) Gertrude Stein's.

2. Approximately when was Stesichoros born?
(a) 500 B.C.
(b) 250 B.C.
(c) 650 B.C.
(d) 100 B.C.

3. Who claimed that Stesichoros was the "Most Homeric of the lyric poets," according to the author in the introduction?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Suidas.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Longinus.

4. Stesichoros is said to have spoken a mixed dialect in the novel's introduction. What dialects did he speak?
(a) Scymnic and Carthaginian.
(b) Syracusan and Strabian.
(c) Agrigento and Calambrian.
(d) Chalcidian and Doric.

5. How many titles remain of Stesichoros' books today?
(a) 20 or so.
(b) 5 or so.
(c) 12 or so.
(d) 100 or so.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the most recent fragments of Stesichoros' works recovered from cartonnage in Egypt?

2. What goddesss is describe as looking through the floor in "Meanwhilte in Heaven"?

3. What is the red dog on the beach compared to in "Wings"?

4. What is the word "adjective" translated to in Greek?

5. Why is Geryon sent to his room in "Geryon's Parents"?

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