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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) Geryon's mother.
(c) Helen of Troy.
(d) Herakles' grandmother.

2. What does the narrator say that Geryon loved in the opening of “Total Things Known about Geryon”?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Horseback riding.
(c) Water.
(d) Gardening.

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

4. How is Geryon's brother described in comparison to Geryon in the beginning of "Justice"?
(a) "Younger and smaller."
(b) "Fatter and wiser."
(c) "Bigger and older."
(d) "Thinner and smarter."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was Stesichoros born?

2. Who was Helen's mother, according to mythology?

3. In "Geryon's Death Begins," the narrator says, "Geryon walked the red length of his mind and answered" what?

4. To whom does Plato compare Stesichoros in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?

5. In the poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance,” what is said to keep "His never slumbering plan"?

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