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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What goddesss is describe as looking through the floor in "Meanwhilte in Heaven"?
(a) Athena.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Atremis.

2. Why does Geryon ask Herakles for change in "Change"?
(a) To buy a newspaper.
(b) To call home.
(c) To buy food.
(d) To buy a soda.

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

4. In the first line of Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," the narrator states, "No it is not" what?
(a) "Yet summertime."
(b) "Tomorrow's rain."
(c) "The true story."
(d) "The days of old."

5. Where does Geryon encounter Herakles in "Change"?
(a) On the schoolyard.
(b) At church.
(c) At an arcade.
(d) At the bus depot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from “Geryon's Parents" refers to a Lilin-demon in male form who lies upon women in order to engage in sexual activity with them?

2. What is the opening sentence in the beginning of "Sex Question"?

3. What is the sound of horses compared to in “Geryon’s War Record”?

4. What is Geryon's mother doing as she looks at him in the opening line from “Screendoor”?

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

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