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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city was Stesichoros born?
(a) Strabo.
(b) Himera.
(c) Cephaloedium.
(d) Panormus.

2. What is the closing statement 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 was the daughter of Zeus or she was not."
(c) "Either Helen existed or she did not."
(d) "If Stesichoros was a blind man either we will lie or if not not."

3. Who abducted Helen, according to mythology?
(a) Paris.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Menelaus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say that Geryon loved in the opening of “Total Things Known about Geryon”?

2. What is described as making Geryon's brother happy in "Justice"?

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

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

5. From what setting does Geryon leave with the centaur in the beginning of "Geryon's Weekend"?

(see the answer key)

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