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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of livestock does the narrator describe Geryon raising in “Geryon”?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Goats.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Bison.

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

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

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

5. To whom does Plato compare Stesichoros in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?
(a) Isokrates.
(b) Longinus.
(c) Suidas.
(d) Homer.

Short Answer Questions

1. By whom was Stesichoros supposedly struck blind?

2. Where are Geryon and Herakles sitting in "Sex Question"?

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

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

5. Stesichoros' words were collected in how many books, according to the author in the introduction?

(see the answer key)

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