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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Herakles comments in “Walls” that all of Geryon's creative expressions reference what?
(a) Being imprisoned.
(b) His mother.
(c) Flying.
(d) His little red dog.

3. Approximately when was Stesichoros born?
(a) 650 B.C.
(b) 250 B.C.
(c) 500 B.C.
(d) 100 B.C.

4. “Mitwelt” opens with a sentence that states that "there is no person without" what?
(a) "A mother."
(b) "A world."
(c) "A life."
(d) "A dream."

5. In "Geryon's Death Begins," the narrator says, "Geryon walked the red length of his mind and answered" what?
(a) "Perhaps."
(b) "No."
(c) "In tears."
(d) "Yes."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word refers to South American cowboys in “Aeroplane”?

2. Who is cited with claiming that Helen made an object lesson of the poet Stesichoros in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?

3. What word refers to a poem in which the poet retracts a view or sentiment expressed in a former poem?

4. What does Geryon recall seeing killed in “Aeroplane”?

5. In the poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance,” what is said to keep "His never slumbering plan"?

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