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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many titles remain of Stesichoros' books today?
(a) 20 or so.
(b) 12 or so.
(c) 5 or so.
(d) 100 or so.

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

4. From what setting does Geryon leave with the centaur in the beginning of "Geryon's Weekend"?
(a) The bar.
(b) The maze.
(c) The garden.
(d) The church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geryon receive from a friend of his mother's in “Ideas”?

2. What kind of sports practice do Geryon's brother and father attend in "Tuesday"?

3. What does Geryon's mother tidy on him before he leaves in “Screendoor”?

4. What does Geryon touch inside his coat pocket outside the school in "Justice"?

5. When were the most recent fragments of Stesichoros' works recovered from cartonnage in Egypt?

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