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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Geryon's mother standing next to in the opening line from “Screendoor”?
(a) A statue.
(b) The ironing board.
(c) A school building.
(d) A gravestone.

3. What is the red dog on the beach compared to in "Wings"?
(a) "A freed shadow."
(b) "A distant speck of grain."
(c) "An antelope."
(d) "Roses being burned alive."

4. Where does Geryon encounter Herakles in "Change"?
(a) At the bus depot.
(b) At an arcade.
(c) At church.
(d) On the schoolyard.

5. Who is described as wearing rhinestones in "Rhinestones"?
(a) Geryon's mother.
(b) Helen of Troy.
(c) Athena.
(d) Herakles' grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is associated with Geryon in “Walls”?

2. Who interrupts Geryon's conversation with his mother in "Click"?

3. What has Herakles invited Geryon to see in ”Pair”?

4. What smell in "Justice" "was pulling [Geryon] toward it / like a strong sea"?

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

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