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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drink does the centaur give to Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?
(a) Cognac.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Wine.
(d) Water.

2. What is the cup made from that the centaur offers Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A skull.
(c) Gold.
(d) A basket.

3. “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” opens with a poem by whom?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

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

5. What kind of hedge surrounds the windows of the kindergarten in "Justice"?
(a) Dwarf yaupon holly.
(b) Highbush cranberry.
(c) Azalea.
(d) Yew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as wearing rhinestones in "Rhinestones"?

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

3. In what city was Stesichoros born?

4. What word refers to a poem in which the poet retracts a view or sentiment expressed in a former poem?

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

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