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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By whom was Stesichoros supposedly struck blind?
(a) Helen of Troy.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Pythagoras.
(d) Homer.

2. What word refers to a poem in which the poet retracts a view or sentiment expressed in a former poem?
(a) Incubus.
(b) Proscenium.
(c) Epitheton.
(d) Palinode.

3. What does the narrator say that Geryon loved in the opening of “Total Things Known about Geryon”?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Horseback riding.
(c) Water.
(d) Gardening.

4. What is the described as the "unsavory aftermath" of Helen's sexual misconduct in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
(a) World War II.
(b) The murder of Julius Caesar.
(c) The Fall of Troy.
(d) World War I.

5. Who claimed that Stesichoros was the "Most Homeric of the lyric poets," according to the author in the introduction?
(a) Longinus.
(b) Suidas.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the main door of the school described in "Justice"?

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

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

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

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