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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of hedge surrounds the windows of the kindergarten in "Justice"?
(a) Azalea.
(b) Dwarf yaupon holly.
(c) Yew.
(d) Highbush cranberry.

2. What kind of sports practice do Geryon's brother and father attend in "Tuesday"?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Football.
(d) Baseball.

3. In "Geryon's Death Begins," the narrator says, "Geryon walked the red length of his mind and answered" what?
(a) "In tears."
(b) "Perhaps."
(c) "Yes."
(d) "No."

4. Approximately when was Stesichoros born?
(a) 100 B.C.
(b) 250 B.C.
(c) 500 B.C.
(d) 650 B.C.

5. 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?
(a) "Golden carousel."
(b) "Benched ships."
(c) "Gray clouds."
(d) "River Styx."

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Herakles sitting on the lawn when Geryon finds him in “Somnambula”?

2. Whose quote opens “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”

3. “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” opens with a poem by whom?

4. What does Geryon receive from a friend of his mother's in “Ideas”?

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

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