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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Herakles and Ancash recording across South America in “Fast Forward”?
(a) Volcanoes.
(b) Ordinary people.
(c) Animals.
(d) Earthquakes.

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

4. In the conclusion of the interview in “Interview (Stesichoros)”, Stesichoros says, "So glad you didn't ask about" what?
(a) "Herakles."
(b) "The little red dog."
(c) "The roses burned alive."
(d) "My mother."

5. Where are Herakles and Geryon going in the beginning of “Memory Burn”?
(a) To a bookstore.
(b) To a candy store.
(c) To a video store.
(d) To a school play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described in the photograph in the opening line of “Photographs: The Meek”?

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

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

4. Stesichoros' words were collected in how many books, according to the author in the introduction?

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

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