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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When were the most recent fragments of Stesichoros' works recovered from cartonnage in Egypt?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1977.

3. What goddesss is describe as looking through the floor in "Meanwhilte in Heaven"?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Athena.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Atremis.

4. What is the cup made from that the centaur offers Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?
(a) A skull.
(b) A shoe.
(c) Gold.
(d) A basket.

5. Who said of Stesichoros, "What a sweet genius in the use of adjectives"?
(a) Longinus.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Suidas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Helen described as drinking a glass of in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?

2. Who is cited with claiming that Helen made an object lesson of the poet Stesichoros in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?

3. By whom was Stesichoros supposedly struck blind?

4. The poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” concludes with the lines, "The only secret people keep / Is" what?

5. Who abducted Helen, according to mythology?

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