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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stesichoros' words were collected in how many books, according to the author in the introduction?
(a) 16.
(b) 26.
(c) 41.
(d) 32.

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

3. Whose relationship with Geryon's is becoming more distant in “Space and Time”?
(a) Geryon's mother.
(b) Geryon's brother.
(c) Geryon's uncle.
(d) Herakles.

4. Where is the main door of the school described in "Justice"?
(a) On the north side.
(b) On the south side.
(c) On the west side.
(d) On the east side.

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

6. What does Geryon touch inside his coat pocket outside the school in "Justice"?
(a) A scarab.
(b) A dollar bill.
(c) A lucky penny.
(d) A piece of ribbon.

7. Who is described as wearing rhinestones in "Rhinestones"?
(a) Athena.
(b) Geryon's mother.
(c) Helen of Troy.
(d) Herakles' grandmother.

8. What does the narrator say that Geryon loved in the opening of “Total Things Known about Geryon”?
(a) Horseback riding.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Water.

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

10. Why does Geryon ask Herakles for change in "Change"?
(a) To buy food.
(b) To buy a soda.
(c) To call home.
(d) To buy a newspaper.

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

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

13. What does Geryon recall his dog doing in “Walls”?
(a) Eating his ice cream cone.
(b) Biting a mailman.
(c) Getting hit by a car.
(d) Running away from home.

14. What does Geryon name the lone survivor of the disaster in Herakles' hometown in "Hades"?
(a) "Lava Man."
(b) "The yellowbeard."
(c) "Zeus II."
(d) "Lazer."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of food does Geryon use in making his sculpture in "Tuesday"?

2. What color are the butterflies that Geryon points out in “Somnambula”?

3. What does Geryon's mother urge him to do in “Screendoor”?

4. From what setting does Geryon leave with the centaur in the beginning of "Geryon's Weekend"?

5. 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?

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