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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” opens with a poem by whom?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

2. What smell in "Justice" "was pulling [Geryon] toward it / like a strong sea"?
(a) "The smell of Herakles' flowers."
(b) "The smell of the falling snow."
(c) "The smell of grass everywhere."
(d) "The smell of dandelions."

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

4. The beginning of “Kiss” finds Geryon contemplating the "cracks and fissures of" what?
(a) "The earth's crust."
(b) "His inner life."
(c) "The world."
(d) "Human civilization."

5. What is described as making Geryon's brother happy in "Justice"?
(a) Stones.
(b) Books.
(c) Painting.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Geryon's mother define the word "each" for him in "Each"?

2. Where is Geryon in the opening of “Kiss”?

3. Where is the main door of the school described in "Justice"?

4. What kind of animal from the carousel does Herakles take in “Harrods”?

5. What kind of books is Geryon reading in the beginning of “Kiss”?

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