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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Geryon go with the yellowbeard after the lecture in “Distances”?
(a) To the yellowbeard's home.
(b) To a cafe.
(c) To his mother's home.
(d) To a movie theater.

2. Herakles comments in “Walls” that all of Geryon's creative expressions reference what?
(a) His mother.
(b) Being imprisoned.
(c) Flying.
(d) His little red dog.

3. What does the yellowbeard lecture on in “Slopes”?
(a) Humanism.
(b) Absurdism.
(c) Skepticism.
(d) Theology.

4. What does Geryon name the lone survivor of the disaster in Herakles' hometown in "Hades"?
(a) "Lava Man."
(b) "Zeus II."
(c) "Lazer."
(d) "The yellowbeard."

5. In Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," the narrator says, "No you never came to" what location?
(a) "The River Nile."
(b) "Hear me speak."
(c) "The kingdom of the Greeks."
(d) "The towers of Troy."

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the women doing by the side of the road when Geryon, Herakles, and Ancash pass them in the end of “Car”?

2. What author is described in the introduction as summing up Picasso in saying, "This one was working"?

3. On whose shoulder does Geryon rest his head while traveling in “Gladys”?

4. What does Geryon's mother suggest he use next time in making a sculpture in "Tuesday"?

5. According to the narrator in “Huaraz,” what "has effects no-one can calculate in advance"?

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