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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the sound of horses compared to in “Geryon’s War Record”?
(a) "A volcano mid-eruption."
(b) "Roses being burned alive."
(c) "A freed shadow."
(d) "Thunder clapping in the distance."

2. How is Geryon's brother described in comparison to Geryon in the beginning of "Justice"?
(a) "Thinner and smarter."
(b) "Fatter and wiser."
(c) "Bigger and older."
(d) "Younger and smaller."

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

4. Whose quote opens “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”
(a) Gertrude Stein's.
(b) Sophocles'.
(c) Homer's.
(d) Emily Dickinson's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as making Geryon's brother happy in "Justice"?

2. Stesichoros is said to have spoken a mixed dialect in the novel's introduction. What dialects did he speak?

3. In Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," the narrator says, "No you never came to" what location?

4. 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?

5. Why is Geryon sent to his room in "Geryon's Parents"?

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