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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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?
(a) Succubus.
(b) Proscenium.
(c) Epitheton.
(d) Incubus.

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

4. What author is described in the introduction as summing up Picasso in saying, "This one was working"?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) William Butler Yeats.

5. Who said of Stesichoros' works, "Makes those old stories new," according to the author in the novel's introduction?
(a) Hermogenes.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Suidas.
(d) Longinus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the most recent fragments of Stesichoros' works recovered from cartonnage in Egypt?

2. Stesichoros is said to have spoken a mixed dialect in the novel's introduction. What dialects did he speak?

3. Whose quote opens “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”

4. Geryon's mother is described in "Geryon's Reversible Destiny" as being the "Engineer of his" what?

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

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