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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Geryon touch inside his coat pocket outside the school in "Justice"?
(a) A piece of ribbon.
(b) A dollar bill.
(c) A lucky penny.
(d) A scarab.

2. What is the word "adjective" translated to in Greek?
(a) Platoan.
(b) Hermogenous.
(c) Epitheton.
(d) Panormus.

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

4. On whose shoulder does Geryon rest his head while traveling in “Gladys”?
(a) On his mother's shoulder.
(b) On Ancash's shoulder.
(c) On his brother's shoulder.
(d) On Herakles' shoulder.

5. Whose quote opens “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”
(a) Emily Dickinson's.
(b) Sophocles'.
(c) Homer's.
(d) Gertrude Stein's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the closing statement in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?

2. What question does Geryon ask Herakles in "Sex Question"?

3. Approximately when was Stesichoros born?

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

5. What color is the awning over Harrods?

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