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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said of Stesichoros' works, "Makes those old stories new," according to the author in the novel's introduction?
(a) Suidas.
(b) Longinus.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

2. In Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," the narrator says, "No you never came to" what location?
(a) "The towers of Troy."
(b) "Hear me speak."
(c) "The River Nile."
(d) "The kingdom of the Greeks."

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

4. What does Herakles describe Geryon saving in his dream in “Freedom"?
(a) A yellow bird.
(b) A red dog.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) A little girl.

5. What author is described in the introduction as summing up Picasso in saying, "This one was working"?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) William Butler Yeats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ancash bring to Geryon on the roof in “Eyewitnesses”?

2. Where is the particular kind of lava called "aa" described in “AA”?

3. What kind of hedge surrounds the windows of the kindergarten in "Justice"?

4. What does Geryon offer to do for his mother in the end of “Space and Time”?

5. What is described in the photograph in the opening line of “Photographs: The Meek”?

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