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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drink does the centaur give to Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?
(a) Wine.
(b) Water.
(c) Cognac.
(d) Whiskey.

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

3. 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 talking back to his father.
(d) For wearing a mask at the supper table.

4. What kind of food does Geryon use in making his sculpture in "Tuesday"?
(a) An apple.
(b) A tomato.
(c) An olive.
(d) An orange.

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

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

7. The opening of ”Pair” describes Geryon feeling a pain not felt since when?
(a) The war.
(b) His father's death.
(c) His mother's death.
(d) Childhood.

8. Where does Geryon encounter Herakles in "Change"?
(a) At an arcade.
(b) At church.
(c) At the bus depot.
(d) On the schoolyard.

9. What does Geryon receive from a friend of his mother's in “Ideas”?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A notebook.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A teddy bear.

10. What is the word "adjective" translated to in Greek?
(a) Platoan.
(b) Hermogenous.
(c) Epitheton.
(d) Panormus.

11. From what setting does Geryon leave with the centaur in the beginning of "Geryon's Weekend"?
(a) The bar.
(b) The maze.
(c) The church.
(d) The garden.

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

13. By whom was Stesichoros supposedly struck blind?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Homer.
(c) Helen of Troy.
(d) Pythagoras.

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

15. What is the first claim that is made 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 existed or she did not."
(d) "Either Helen was the daughter of Zeus or she was not."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is printed on the t-shirt that Geryon wears in “Space and Time”?

4. Who abducted Helen, according to mythology?

5. Who calls Herakles' family's home in “She”?

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