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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what setting does Geryon leave with the centaur in the beginning of "Geryon's Weekend"?
(a) The bar.
(b) The garden.
(c) The church.
(d) The maze.

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

3. What kind of livestock does the narrator describe Geryon raising in “Geryon”?
(a) Goats.
(b) Bison.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Sheep.

4. Where is the main door of the school described in "Justice"?
(a) On the north side.
(b) On the east side.
(c) On the west side.
(d) On the south side.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Geryon ask Herakles for change in "Change"?

2. What is compared to "the sleep of the just" in "Each"?

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

4. The narrator says in the poetic excerpt of Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," "No you never went on the" what?

5. What is the word "adjective" translated to in Greek?

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