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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

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 ashes of the forgotten."
(b) "The reticent volcano."
(c) "His cold hands."
(d) "The winds of the coming storm."

2. What goddesss is describe as looking through the floor in "Meanwhilte in Heaven"?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Atremis.
(d) Athena.

3. What is Geryon's mother doing as she looks at him in the opening line from “Screendoor”?
(a) Lighting a cigarette.
(b) Reading the newspaper.
(c) Pouring a glass of wine.
(d) Washing dishes.

4. What is the red dog on the beach compared to in "Wings"?
(a) "A freed shadow."
(b) "Roses being burned alive."
(c) "A distant speck of grain."
(d) "An antelope."

5. Who falls asleep on the way to the volcano in “AA”?
(a) Suidas.
(b) Herakles.
(c) Geryon.
(d) Lazer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the waitress ask when she brings the food in ”Grooming"?

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

3. Herakles comments in “Walls” that all of Geryon's creative expressions reference what?

4. What does Geryon touch inside his coat pocket outside the school in "Justice"?

5. The poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” concludes with the lines, "The only secret people keep / Is" what?

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