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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 word "adjective" translated to in Greek?
(a) Platoan.
(b) Epitheton.
(c) Hermogenous.
(d) Panormus.

2. What is the sound of horses compared to in “Geryon’s War Record”?
(a) "A freed shadow."
(b) "A volcano mid-eruption."
(c) "Roses being burned alive."
(d) "Thunder clapping in the distance."

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

4. Who said of Stesichoros, "What a sweet genius in the use of adjectives"?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Hermogenes.
(c) Longinus.
(d) Suidas.

5. What is the red dog on the beach compared to in "Wings"?
(a) "Roses being burned alive."
(b) "A distant speck of grain."
(c) "A freed shadow."
(d) "An antelope."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Geryon sent to his room in "Geryon's Parents"?

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

3. What kind of livestock does the narrator describe Geryon raising in “Geryon”?

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

5. How many titles remain of Stesichoros' books today?

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