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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who claimed that Stesichoros was the "Most Homeric of the lyric poets," according to the author in the introduction?
(a) Longinus.
(b) Hermogenes.
(c) Suidas.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

3. With whom is Herakles sitting on the lawn when Geryon finds him in “Somnambula”?
(a) Geryon’s father.
(b) Ancash.
(c) Herakles' grandmother.
(d) Lazer.

4. How does Geryon's mother define the word "each" for him in "Each"?
(a) It means the ability to fly.
(b) It means separation and independence.
(c) It means glory and unity.
(d) It means going to school.

5. Whose relationship with Geryon's is becoming more distant in “Space and Time”?
(a) Geryon's uncle.
(b) Herakles.
(c) Geryon's mother.
(d) Geryon's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cup made from that the centaur offers Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?

2. What does Herakles say "cooked" his hometown in "Hades"?

3. What kind of hedge surrounds the windows of the kindergarten in "Justice"?

4. The poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” concludes with the lines, "The only secret people keep / Is" what?

5. Who took the photograph that is titled “Red Patience”?

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