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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is Geryon's mother described when he returns home in “Fruit Bowl”?
(a) In the garden.
(b) At the kitchen table.
(c) On the living room sofa.
(d) On the porch swing.

4. In the poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance,” what is said to keep "His never slumbering plan"?
(a) "His cold hands."
(b) "The ashes of the forgotten."
(c) "The winds of the coming storm."
(d) "The reticent volcano."

5. What has Herakles invited Geryon to see in ”Pair”?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A demi-god.
(c) A volcano.
(d) A train.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Geryon return home in “Fruit Bowl”?

2. What kind of food does Geryon use in making his sculpture in "Tuesday"?

3. What do Geryon and Herakles' grandmother discuss while alone in “Memory Burn”?

4. The poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” concludes with the lines, "The only secret people keep / Is" what?

5. Who does Herakles grandmother claim to have known in “She”?

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