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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Geryon's mother urge him to do in “Screendoor”?
(a) To go to school.
(b) To do his homework.
(c) To have a glass of milk.
(d) To read the newspaper.

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

3. What is the cup made from that the centaur offers Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?
(a) A basket.
(b) A shoe.
(c) Gold.
(d) A skull.

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

5. What is the closing statement in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
(a) "Either Helen was the daughter of Zeus or she was not."
(b) "If Stesichoros was a blind man either we will lie or if not not."
(c) "Either Stesichoros was a blind man or he was not."
(d) "Either Helen existed or she did not."

Short Answer Questions

1. Geryon's autobiography includes references to whose deaths in “Ideas”?

2. Stesichoros' words were collected in how many books, according to the author in the introduction?

3. What kind of sports practice do Geryon's brother and father attend in "Tuesday"?

4. In "Geryon's Death Begins," the narrator says, "Geryon walked the red length of his mind and answered" what?

5. What does Geryon's mother tidy on him before he leaves in “Screendoor”?

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