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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Geryon encounter Herakles in "Change"?
(a) On the schoolyard.
(b) At an arcade.
(c) At the bus depot.
(d) At church.

2. In the opening sentence of “Distances,” the narrator suggests that what question had intrigued Geryon for much of his life?
(a) The question of fate versus free will.
(b) The question of sexuality.
(c) The question of the nature of time.
(d) The question of family and its meaning.

3. In "Geryon's Death Begins," the narrator says, "Geryon walked the red length of his mind and answered" what?
(a) "Yes."
(b) "No."
(c) "Perhaps."
(d) "In tears."

4. What is the word "adjective" translated to in Greek?
(a) Platoan.
(b) Epitheton.
(c) Hermogenous.
(d) Panormus.

5. How is the weather described when Geryon wakes in the night in “Water”?
(a) Snowing.
(b) Dry and windy.
(c) Amid a dust storm.
(d) Raining.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in “Huaraz,” what "has effects no-one can calculate in advance"?

2. What are Herakles and Ancash recording across South America in “Fast Forward”?

3. What kind of animal from the carousel does Herakles take in “Harrods”?

4. Who claimed that Stesichoros was the "Most Homeric of the lyric poets," according to the author in the introduction?

5. In what city was Stesichoros born?

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