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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator says in the poetic excerpt of Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," "No you never went on the" what?
(a) "River Styx."
(b) "Gray clouds."
(c) "Golden carousel."
(d) "Benched ships."

3. In “Geryon,” the narrator says, "Geryon's dream began red then slipped out of the vat and" what?
(a) "Ran."
(b) "Exploded."
(c) "Wept."
(d) "Spilled."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By whom was Stesichoros supposedly struck blind?

2. What word from “Geryon's Parents" refers to a Lilin-demon in male form who lies upon women in order to engage in sexual activity with them?

3. What is the cup made from that the centaur offers Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?

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

5. What is described as making Geryon's brother happy in "Justice"?

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