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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance,” what is said to keep "His never slumbering plan"?
(a) "The reticent volcano."
(b) "The winds of the coming storm."
(c) "The ashes of the forgotten."
(d) "His cold hands."

2. What does Geryon do with his wings in ”Pair”?
(a) He washes them.
(b) He stretches them and then flies.
(c) He cuts them off.
(d) He straps them down.

3. What are Geryon and Herakles doing in “Walls”?
(a) Playing the piano.
(b) Painting graffiti.
(c) Going into a cafe.
(d) Sitting in a bookstore.

4. Where is Geryon in the opening of “Harrods”?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) A church.
(d) His hotel room.

5. The opening sentence of “Kiss” suggests that "a healthy volcano is an exercise in" what?
(a) "The love of humanity."
(b) "The employment of fire."
(c) "The gravitational pull."
(d) "The uses of pressure."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as wearing rhinestones in "Rhinestones"?

2. When he is in the bookstore, Geryon is distracted by a man playing games outside with what in “Kiss”?

3. What smell in "Justice" "was pulling [Geryon] toward it / like a strong sea"?

4. How is Geryon's brother described in comparison to Geryon in the beginning of "Justice"?

5. What kind of books is Geryon reading in the beginning of “Kiss”?

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