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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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."

2. Who abducted Helen, according to mythology?
(a) Hermogenes.
(b) Paris.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Menelaus.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. Whose relationship with Geryon's is becoming more distant in “Space and Time”?

3. What does Geryon's teacher ask his mother at the parent-teacher conference in “Ideas”?

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

5. Herakles comments in “Walls” that all of Geryon's creative expressions reference what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comprises Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?

2. Where is Herakles hometown? How is it described?

3. How is Geryon's visit to the volcano explored metaphorically in Section 7?

4. What is noted about the innovations of Stesichoros' writing in “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”

5. What is the significance of the encounter with the centaur in "Geryon's Weekend"?

6. Why and how is Virginia Woolf alluded to in "She"?

7. What motif appears in “Screendoor”?

8. How is the color red explored metaphorically in Section 7?

9. What irony can be seen in the poem "Justice"?

10. What supposedly caused Stesichoros' "un-blinding"?

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