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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as wearing rhinestones in "Rhinestones"?
(a) Athena.
(b) Helen of Troy.
(c) Geryon's mother.
(d) Herakles' grandmother.

2. Who abducted Helen, according to mythology?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Hermogenes.
(c) Paris.
(d) Zeus.

3. Who was Helen's mother, according to mythology?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Leda.
(c) Athena.
(d) Demeter.

4. To whom does Plato compare Stesichoros in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?
(a) Homer.
(b) Suidas.
(c) Isokrates.
(d) Longinus.

5. What is described as making Geryon's brother happy in "Justice"?
(a) Music.
(b) Painting.
(c) Stones.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” opens with a poem by whom?

2. By whom was Stesichoros supposedly struck blind?

3. In Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," the narrator says, "No you never came to" what location?

4. Stesichoros' words were collected in how many books, according to the author in the introduction?

5. What is the first claim that is made in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?

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