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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Geryon do with his wings in ”Pair”?
(a) He straps them down.
(b) He washes them.
(c) He cuts them off.
(d) He stretches them and then flies.

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

4. What do Geryon and Herakles' grandmother discuss while alone in “Memory Burn”?
(a) Her photograph.
(b) The state of crime in the region.
(c) The road to the mountains.
(d) His brother.

5. In the opening sentence of “Distances,” the narrator suggests that what question had intrigued Geryon for much of his life?
(a) The question of family and its meaning.
(b) The question of the nature of time.
(c) The question of fate versus free will.
(d) The question of sexuality.

Short Answer Questions

1. The opening sentence of “Kiss” suggests that "a healthy volcano is an exercise in" what?

2. 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?

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

4. Where are Geryon and Herakles sitting in "Sex Question"?

5. “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” opens with a poem by whom?

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