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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are the butterflies that Geryon points out in “Somnambula”?
(a) Red and black.
(b) Yellow and orange.
(c) Green and yellow.
(d) Red and blue.

2. What does Geryon imagine he sees in the living room in “Water”?
(a) A dog.
(b) A raven.
(c) A cat.
(d) A parrot.

3. Who took the photograph that is titled “Red Patience”?
(a) Ancash's mother.
(b) Herakles' grandmother.
(c) Stesichoros.
(d) Lazer.

4. What word refers to South American cowboys in “Aeroplane”?
(a) Incubi.
(b) Burros.
(c) Gauchos.
(d) Matadors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Plato compare Stesichoros in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?

2. How many titles remain of Stesichoros' books today?

3. The subject in the opening line of “Lava” imagines being what alone in the dark?

4. By whom was Stesichoros supposedly struck blind?

5. What does Geryon recall his dog doing in “Walls”?

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