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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stesichoros' words were collected in how many books, according to the author in the introduction?
(a) 32.
(b) 41.
(c) 26.
(d) 16.

2. What author is described in the introduction as summing up Picasso in saying, "This one was working"?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) William Butler Yeats.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

3. What is noted about the fruit bowl in “Fruit Bowl”?
(a) It is always filled with apples.
(b) It has been stolen.
(c) It is always empty.
(d) It is always full of water.

4. What do Geryon and Herakles' grandmother discuss while alone in “Memory Burn”?
(a) The state of crime in the region.
(b) The road to the mountains.
(c) Her photograph.
(d) His brother.

5. Who does Herakles grandmother claim to have known in “She”?
(a) Suidas.
(b) Isokrates.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) Virginia Woolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geryon do when he returns to his hotel in “Distances”?

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

3. Stesichoros is said to have spoken a mixed dialect in the novel's introduction. What dialects did he speak?

4. Geryon's mother is described in "Geryon's Reversible Destiny" as being the "Engineer of his" what?

5. How is the weather described when Geryon wakes in the night in “Water”?

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