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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. “Mitwelt” opens with a sentence that states that "there is no person without" what?
(a) "A dream."
(b) "A mother."
(c) "A world."
(d) "A life."

2. Who is described as performing a sex act in public in ”Grooming"?
(a) The yellowbeard.
(b) Geryon.
(c) Lazer.
(d) Ancash's mother.

3. What does Geryon recall seeing killed in “Aeroplane”?
(a) A rabid dog.
(b) A deer.
(c) A snake.
(d) A grizzly bear.

4. What does Geryon touch inside his coat pocket outside the school in "Justice"?
(a) A scarab.
(b) A lucky penny.
(c) A dollar bill.
(d) A piece of ribbon.

5. Where is Geryon's mother described when he returns home in “Fruit Bowl”?
(a) At the kitchen table.
(b) In the garden.
(c) On the living room sofa.
(d) On the porch swing.

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. From what setting does Geryon leave with the centaur in the beginning of "Geryon's Weekend"?

3. What do Geryon and Herakles' grandmother discuss while alone in “Memory Burn”?

4. What is compared to "the sleep of the just" in "Each"?

5. In the opening sentence of “Distances,” the narrator suggests that what question had intrigued Geryon for much of his life?

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