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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Helen described as drinking a glass of in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
(a) Tea.
(b) Vermouth.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Rosewater.

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

3. By whom was Stesichoros supposedly struck blind?
(a) Pythagoras.
(b) Homer.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Helen of Troy.

4. Where is the main door of the school described in "Justice"?
(a) On the south side.
(b) On the north side.
(c) On the west side.
(d) On the east side.

5. In the poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance,” what is said to keep "His never slumbering plan"?
(a) "The ashes of the forgotten."
(b) "The winds of the coming storm."
(c) "His cold hands."
(d) "The reticent volcano."

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Geryon's brother described in comparison to Geryon in the beginning of "Justice"?

2. In what city was Stesichoros born?

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

4. What word refers to a poem in which the poet retracts a view or sentiment expressed in a former poem?

5. Who is described as wearing rhinestones in "Rhinestones"?

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