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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What goddesss is describe as looking through the floor in "Meanwhilte in Heaven"?
(a) Atremis.
(b) Athena.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Demeter.

3. Who was Helen's mother, according to mythology?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Leda.
(c) Demeter.
(d) Athena.

4. Who is cited with claiming that Helen made an object lesson of the poet Stesichoros in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?
(a) Isokrates.
(b) Homer.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Longinus.

5. Who interrupts Geryon's conversation with his mother in "Click"?
(a) Geryon's brother.
(b) Geryon’s father.
(c) Ancash's mother.
(d) Longinus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What smell in "Justice" "was pulling [Geryon] toward it / like a strong sea"?

2. What is the sound of horses compared to in “Geryon’s War Record”?

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

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

5. What drink does the centaur give to Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?

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