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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) Panormus.
(b) Platoan.
(c) Hermogenous.
(d) Epitheton.

2. Why is Geryon sent to his room in "Geryon's Parents"?
(a) For hitting his brother at the dinner table.
(b) For kicking the dog.
(c) For talking back to his father.
(d) For wearing a mask at the supper table.

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

4. In the first line of Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," the narrator states, "No it is not" what?
(a) "The days of old."
(b) "Yet summertime."
(c) "Tomorrow's rain."
(d) "The true story."

5. What author is described in the introduction as summing up Picasso in saying, "This one was working"?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) William Butler Yeats.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Geryon's mother doing as she looks at him in the opening line from “Screendoor”?

2. Where does Geryon encounter Herakles in "Change"?

3. The poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” concludes with the lines, "The only secret people keep / Is" what?

4. What is the cup made from that the centaur offers Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?

5. How many titles remain of Stesichoros' books today?

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