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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Geryon's brother described in comparison to Geryon in the beginning of "Justice"?
(a) "Younger and smaller."
(b) "Thinner and smarter."
(c) "Bigger and older."
(d) "Fatter and wiser."

2. What does the narrator say that Geryon loved in the opening of “Total Things Known about Geryon”?
(a) Horseback riding.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Water.
(d) Gardening.

3. Who interrupts Geryon's conversation with his mother in "Click"?
(a) Geryon's brother.
(b) Ancash's mother.
(c) Geryon’s father.
(d) Longinus.

4. Stesichoros is said to have spoken a mixed dialect in the novel's introduction. What dialects did he speak?
(a) Agrigento and Calambrian.
(b) Syracusan and Strabian.
(c) Chalcidian and Doric.
(d) Scymnic and Carthaginian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Geryon's mother is described in "Geryon's Reversible Destiny" as being the "Engineer of his" what?

2. In what city was Stesichoros born?

3. Who said of Stesichoros' works, "Makes those old stories new," according to the author in the novel's introduction?

4. What does Geryon's brother place on his head in "Rhinestones"?

5. From what setting does Geryon leave with the centaur in the beginning of "Geryon's Weekend"?

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