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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Geryon and Herakles in the beginning of “Fast Forward”?
(a) The Cafe Alton.
(b) The Cafe Renoir.
(c) The Cafe Antwerp.
(d) The Cafe Mitwelt.

2. Who does Herakles grandmother claim to have known in “She”?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) Isokrates.
(d) Suidas.

3. What does the waitress ask when she brings the food in ”Grooming"?
(a) She asks if Geryon and Herakles are newlyweds.
(b) She asks if Geryon and Herakles are on a school trip.
(c) She asks if Geryon and Herakles are old enough to drink.
(d) She asks if Geryon and Herakles are brothers.

4. The opening line of “She” describes the house being dark except for a single light where?
(a) In the upper bedroom.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) On the porch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geryon touch inside his coat pocket outside the school in "Justice"?

2. Who is described as performing a sex act in public in ”Grooming"?

3. The opening sentence of “Aeroplane” indicates that it is always what in the upper atmosphere?

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

5. Where does Geryon go with the yellowbeard after the lecture in “Distances”?

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