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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of sports practice do Geryon's brother and father attend in "Tuesday"?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Football.

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

3. What does Geryon's mother suggest he use next time in making a sculpture in "Tuesday"?
(a) A one-dollar bill.
(b) A ten-dollar bill.
(c) A hammer.
(d) Clay.

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

5. 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."

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Geryon and Herakles doing in “Walls”?

2. What does Herakles describe Geryon saving in his dream in “Freedom"?

3. What does the waitress ask when she brings the food in ”Grooming"?

4. What does Geryon receive from a friend of his mother's in “Ideas”?

5. What word from “Geryon's Parents" refers to a Lilin-demon in male form who lies upon women in order to engage in sexual activity with them?

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