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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Stesichoros is said to have spoken a mixed dialect in the novel's introduction. What dialects did he speak?
(a) Scymnic and Carthaginian.
(b) Syracusan and Strabian.
(c) Agrigento and Calambrian.
(d) Chalcidian and Doric.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the word "adjective" translated to in Greek?

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

5. Stesichoros' words were collected in how many books, according to the author in the introduction?

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