View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say that Geryon loved in the opening of “Total Things Known about Geryon”?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Horseback riding.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Water.

2. What does Geryon offer to do for his mother in the end of “Space and Time”?
(a) He offers to pour her a drink.
(b) He offers to take her to the store.
(c) He offers to take her to the bus station.
(d) He offers to light her cigarette.

3. What does Geryon's mother tidy on him before he leaves in “Screendoor”?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His hair.
(c) His wings.
(d) His tie.

4. What is Helen described as drinking a glass of in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
(a) Vermouth.
(b) Tea.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Rosewater.

5. Geryon's autobiography includes references to whose deaths in “Ideas”?
(a) The death of Herakles' grandmother.
(b) Geryon's and his dog's deaths.
(c) His parents' deaths.
(d) The death of Herakles.

Short Answer Questions

1. “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” opens with a poem by whom?

2. What author is described in the introduction as summing up Picasso in saying, "This one was working"?

3. What kind of food does Geryon use in making his sculpture in "Tuesday"?

4. How does Geryon's mother define the word "each" for him in "Each"?

5. What is Geryon's mother doing as she looks at him in the opening line from “Screendoor”?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 269 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample