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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who said of Stesichoros' works, "Makes those old stories new," according to the author in the novel's introduction?
(a) Hermogenes.
(b) Suidas.
(c) Longinus.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

4. What author is described in the introduction as summing up Picasso in saying, "This one was working"?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) William Butler Yeats.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who claimed that Stesichoros was the "Most Homeric of the lyric poets," according to the author in the introduction?

3. Whose quote opens “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”

4. When were the most recent fragments of Stesichoros' works recovered from cartonnage in Egypt?

5. What is the red dog on the beach compared to in "Wings"?

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