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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is compared to "the sleep of the just" in "Each"?
(a) Opium.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Rain.
(d) Honey.

3. What smell in "Justice" "was pulling [Geryon] toward it / like a strong sea"?
(a) "The smell of Herakles' flowers."
(b) "The smell of grass everywhere."
(c) "The smell of the falling snow."
(d) "The smell of dandelions."

4. The opening line of “Space and Time” states, "Up against another human being one's own procedures take on" what?
(a) "Bravery."
(b) "Willfulness."
(c) "New dimensions."
(d) "Definition."

5. What does Geryon do with his wings in ”Pair”?
(a) He cuts them off.
(b) He straps them down.
(c) He washes them.
(d) He stretches them and then flies.

6. What is the closing statement in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
(a) "If Stesichoros was a blind man either we will lie or if not not."
(b) "Either Stesichoros was a blind man or he was not."
(c) "Either Helen was the daughter of Zeus or she was not."
(d) "Either Helen existed or she did not."

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

8. What are Geryon and Herakles doing in “Walls”?
(a) Painting graffiti.
(b) Going into a cafe.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Sitting in a bookstore.

9. What has Herakles invited Geryon to see in ”Pair”?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A demi-god.
(c) A train.
(d) A volcano.

10. What does Geryon offer to do for his mother in the end of “Space and Time”?
(a) He offers to take her to the store.
(b) He offers to light her cigarette.
(c) He offers to pour her a drink.
(d) He offers to take her to the bus station.

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

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

13. Who does Herakles grandmother claim to have known in “She”?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Suidas.
(c) Isokrates.
(d) Virginia Woolf.

14. The opening line of “She” describes the house being dark except for a single light where?
(a) In the attic.
(b) On the porch.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the upper bedroom.

15. What word refers to a poem in which the poet retracts a view or sentiment expressed in a former poem?
(a) Palinode.
(b) Proscenium.
(c) Incubus.
(d) Epitheton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Geryon ask Herakles for change in "Change"?

2. What does Geryon's brother place on his head in "Rhinestones"?

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

4. By whom was Stesichoros supposedly struck blind?

5. The narrator says in the poetic excerpt of Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," "No you never went on the" what?

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