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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are the butterflies that Geryon points out in “Somnambula”?
(a) Red and black.
(b) Yellow and orange.
(c) Green and yellow.
(d) Red and blue.

2. Who said of Stesichoros, "What a sweet genius in the use of adjectives"?
(a) Suidas.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Longinus.

3. What does Geryon imagine he sees in the living room in “Water”?
(a) A parrot.
(b) A dog.
(c) A raven.
(d) A cat.

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

5. When does Geryon recall doing a science project in “Mitwelt”?
(a) 5th grade.
(b) 7th grade.
(c) 1st grade.
(d) 3rd grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What goddesss is describe as looking through the floor in "Meanwhilte in Heaven"?

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

3. What is yellowbeard's profession?

4. In "Geryon's Death Begins," the narrator says, "Geryon walked the red length of his mind and answered" what?

5. What word refers to a poem in which the poet retracts a view or sentiment expressed in a former poem?

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