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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kind of livestock does the narrator describe Geryon raising in “Geryon”?
(a) Goats.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Bison.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say that Geryon loved in the opening of “Total Things Known about Geryon”?

2. What is the word "adjective" translated to in Greek?

3. Why is Geryon sent to his room in "Geryon's Parents"?

4. How many titles remain of Stesichoros' books today?

5. Geryon's mother is described in "Geryon's Reversible Destiny" as being the "Engineer of his" what?

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