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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the first claim that is made in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
(a) "Either Stesichoros was a blind man or he was not."
(b) "Either Helen existed or she did not."
(c) "Either Helen was the daughter of Zeus or she was not."
(d) "If Stesichoros was a blind man either we will lie or if not not."

4. What smell in "Justice" "was pulling [Geryon] toward it / like a strong sea"?
(a) "The smell of the falling snow."
(b) "The smell of grass everywhere."
(c) "The smell of dandelions."
(d) "The smell of Herakles' flowers."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of hedge surrounds the windows of the kindergarten in "Justice"?

3. Who was Helen's mother, according to mythology?

4. How is Geryon's brother described in comparison to Geryon in the beginning of "Justice"?

5. What is compared to "the sleep of the just" in "Each"?

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