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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is yellowbeard's profession?
(a) He is a philosopher.
(b) He is a banker.
(c) He is an English teacher.
(d) He is a librarian.

2. Where do Herakles and Geryon sit with Herakles' grandmother when they return to his home in “Memory Burn”?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) On the porch.
(d) In the basement.

3. What is Helen described as drinking a glass of in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Rosewater.
(c) Tea.
(d) Vermouth.

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

5. What do Herakles and Geryon bicker about when returning to Herakles' home in “Memory Burn”?
(a) The name of a movie.
(b) Whether or not to steal a car.
(c) The elevation of Peru.
(d) The distance to the stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. The yellowbeard suggests that doctors hide the fact that many children are born with what in “Distances”?

2. What is Geryon defined as in the verse novel?

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

4. Approximately when was Stesichoros born?

5. What is Geryon's mother standing next to in the opening line from “Screendoor”?

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