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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance,” what is said to keep "His never slumbering plan"?
(a) "The ashes of the forgotten."
(b) "The winds of the coming storm."
(c) "His cold hands."
(d) "The reticent volcano."

2. What is the opening sentence in the beginning of "Sex Question"?
(a) "The leaves were soft red."
(b) "Where is the night?"
(c) "Is it a question?"
(d) "What does he want?"

3. Who was Helen's mother, according to mythology?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Leda.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Athena.

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

5. Geryon's mother is described in "Geryon's Reversible Destiny" as being the "Engineer of his" what?
(a) "Mind."
(b) "Creativity."
(c) "Birth."
(d) "Softness."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Geryon and Herakles sitting in "Sex Question"?

2. What is the closing statement in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?

3. The opening line of “Space and Time” states, "Up against another human being one's own procedures take on" what?

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

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

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