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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Grooming," the opening sentence describes living childhood close to what?
(a) The sky.
(b) The forest.
(c) The desert.
(d) The sea.

2. What are Geryon and Herakles doing in “Walls”?
(a) Playing the piano.
(b) Sitting in a bookstore.
(c) Painting graffiti.
(d) Going into a cafe.

3. What is compared to "the sleep of the just" in "Each"?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Opium.
(c) Rain.
(d) Honey.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Herakles and Ancash go downstairs to do in the end of “Roof”?

2. Where is Geryon in the opening of “Harrods”?

3. To whom does Plato compare Stesichoros in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?

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

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

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