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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What smell in "Justice" "was pulling [Geryon] toward it / like a strong sea"?
(a) "The smell of Herakles' flowers."
(b) "The smell of the falling snow."
(c) "The smell of grass everywhere."
(d) "The smell of dandelions."

3. Why is Geryon sent to his room in "Geryon's Parents"?
(a) For wearing a mask at the supper table.
(b) For talking back to his father.
(c) For hitting his brother at the dinner table.
(d) For kicking the dog.

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

5. In Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," the narrator says, "No you never came to" what location?
(a) "The kingdom of the Greeks."
(b) "Hear me speak."
(c) "The towers of Troy."
(d) "The River Nile."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By whom was Stesichoros supposedly struck blind?

3. What author is described in the introduction as summing up Picasso in saying, "This one was working"?

4. Who said of Stesichoros' works, "Makes those old stories new," according to the author in the novel's introduction?

5. In what city was Stesichoros born?

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