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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stesichoros is said to have spoken a mixed dialect in the novel's introduction. What dialects did he speak?
(a) Chalcidian and Doric.
(b) Agrigento and Calambrian.
(c) Syracusan and Strabian.
(d) Scymnic and Carthaginian.

2. What does Geryon's mother urge him to do in “Screendoor”?
(a) To have a glass of milk.
(b) To read the newspaper.
(c) To do his homework.
(d) To go to school.

3. In Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," the narrator says, "No you never came to" what location?
(a) "The towers of Troy."
(b) "The River Nile."
(c) "Hear me speak."
(d) "The kingdom of the Greeks."

4. What is described as making Geryon's brother happy in "Justice"?
(a) Painting.
(b) Stones.
(c) Music.
(d) Books.

5. What does Geryon receive from a friend of his mother's in “Ideas”?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A teddy bear.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A notebook.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is the main door of the school described in "Justice"?

4. How is Geryon's brother described in comparison to Geryon in the beginning of "Justice"?

5. What is the first claim that is made in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?

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