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

2. Geryon's mother is described in "Geryon's Reversible Destiny" as being the "Engineer of his" what?
(a) "Birth."
(b) "Creativity."
(c) "Mind."
(d) "Softness."

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

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

5. When were the most recent fragments of Stesichoros' works recovered from cartonnage in Egypt?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1977.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claimed that Stesichoros was the "Most Homeric of the lyric poets," according to the author in the introduction?

2. Who said of Stesichoros, "What a sweet genius in the use of adjectives"?

3. In what city was Stesichoros born?

4. In “Geryon,” the narrator says, "Geryon's dream began red then slipped out of the vat and" what?

5. What goddesss is describe as looking through the floor in "Meanwhilte in Heaven"?

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