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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose quote opens “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”
(a) Gertrude Stein's.
(b) Homer's.
(c) Sophocles'.
(d) Emily Dickinson's.

3. What is the cup made from that the centaur offers Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A skull.
(c) Gold.
(d) A basket.

4. What does Geryon receive from a friend of his mother's in “Ideas”?
(a) A teddy bear.
(b) A notebook.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A bicycle.

5. What is the described as the "unsavory aftermath" of Helen's sexual misconduct in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
(a) The murder of Julius Caesar.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Fall of Troy.
(d) World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the main door of the school described in "Justice"?

2. What does Geryon recall his brother doing after he's come home from a dance in “Tango”?

3. Where is Geryon's mother described when he returns home in “Fruit Bowl”?

4. In the poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance,” what is said to keep "His never slumbering plan"?

5. In “Geryon,” the narrator says, "Geryon's dream began red then slipped out of the vat and" what?

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