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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Geryon sent to his room in "Geryon's Parents"?
(a) For talking back to his father.
(b) For kicking the dog.
(c) For hitting his brother at the dinner table.
(d) For wearing a mask at the supper table.

2. From what setting does Geryon leave with the centaur in the beginning of "Geryon's Weekend"?
(a) The garden.
(b) The bar.
(c) The church.
(d) The maze.

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

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

5. What is described as making Geryon's brother happy in "Justice"?
(a) Painting.
(b) Stones.
(c) Books.
(d) Music.

6. In "Geryon's Death Begins," the narrator says, "Geryon walked the red length of his mind and answered" what?
(a) "In tears."
(b) "Yes."
(c) "No."
(d) "Perhaps."

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

8. What is the closing statement in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
(a) "If Stesichoros was a blind man either we will lie or if not not."
(b) "Either Helen was the daughter of Zeus or she was not."
(c) "Either Stesichoros was a blind man or he was not."
(d) "Either Helen existed or she did not."

9. To whom does Plato compare Stesichoros in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?
(a) Isokrates.
(b) Suidas.
(c) Longinus.
(d) Homer.

10. Who abducted Helen, according to mythology?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Paris.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hermogenes.

11. In "Grooming," the opening sentence describes living childhood close to what?
(a) The desert.
(b) The forest.
(c) The sea.
(d) The sky.

12. Stesichoros is said to have spoken a mixed dialect in the novel's introduction. What dialects did he speak?
(a) Scymnic and Carthaginian.
(b) Syracusan and Strabian.
(c) Agrigento and Calambrian.
(d) Chalcidian and Doric.

13. What is printed on the t-shirt that Geryon wears in “Space and Time”?
(a) "God Loves Lola."
(b) "Truth."
(c) "No More Mud."
(d) "Silent Night."

14. Approximately when was Stesichoros born?
(a) 250 B.C.
(b) 100 B.C.
(c) 500 B.C.
(d) 650 B.C.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance,” what is said to keep "His never slumbering plan"?

2. Who took the photograph that is titled “Red Patience”?

3. In the first line of Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," the narrator states, "No it is not" what?

4. What kind of sports practice do Geryon's brother and father attend in "Tuesday"?

5. What is the red dog on the beach compared to in "Wings"?

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