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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) "Yet summertime."
(b) "The days of old."
(c) "The true story."
(d) "Tomorrow's rain."

2. 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 River Nile."
(b) "The towers of Troy."
(c) "Hear me speak."
(d) "The kingdom of the Greeks."

3. Who claimed that Stesichoros was the "Most Homeric of the lyric poets," according to the author in the introduction?
(a) Hermogenes.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Suidas.
(d) Longinus.

4. Geryon's mother is described in "Geryon's Reversible Destiny" as being the "Engineer of his" what?
(a) "Softness."
(b) "Mind."
(c) "Creativity."
(d) "Birth."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of livestock does the narrator describe Geryon raising in “Geryon”?

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

3. Who abducted Helen, according to mythology?

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

5. The subject in the opening line of “Lava” imagines being what alone in the dark?

(see the answer key)

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