Autobiography of Red Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Autobiography of Red Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has Herakles invited Geryon to see in ”Pair”?
(a) A demi-god.
(b) A train.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A volcano.

3. Who is described as performing a sex act in public in ”Grooming"?
(a) Ancash's mother.
(b) Geryon.
(c) Lazer.
(d) The yellowbeard.

4. By whom was Stesichoros supposedly struck blind?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Pythagoras.
(c) Homer.
(d) Helen of Troy.

5. What does Geryon recall his dog doing in “Walls”?
(a) Running away from home.
(b) Eating his ice cream cone.
(c) Biting a mailman.
(d) Getting hit by a car.

6. What does Geryon touch inside his coat pocket outside the school in "Justice"?
(a) A piece of ribbon.
(b) A lucky penny.
(c) A dollar bill.
(d) A scarab.

7. Where are Geryon and Herakles sitting in "Sex Question"?
(a) In Geryon's bedroom.
(b) In a movie theater.
(c) In a car.
(d) In church.

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

9. The poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” concludes with the lines, "The only secret people keep / Is" what?
(a) "Nightmares."
(b) "Truth."
(c) "Betrayal."
(d) "Immortality."

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

11. With whom is Herakles sitting on the lawn when Geryon finds him in “Somnambula”?
(a) Geryon’s father.
(b) Lazer.
(c) Ancash.
(d) Herakles' grandmother.

12. Where is the main door of the school described in "Justice"?
(a) On the north side.
(b) On the south side.
(c) On the west side.
(d) On the east side.

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

14. What does Geryon name the lone survivor of the disaster in Herakles' hometown in "Hades"?
(a) "Zeus II."
(b) "Lazer."
(c) "Lava Man."
(d) "The yellowbeard."

15. Who is cited with claiming that Helen made an object lesson of the poet Stesichoros in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?
(a) Homer.
(b) Longinus.
(c) Isokrates.
(d) Hermogenes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is compared to "the sleep of the just" in "Each"?

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

3. What question does Geryon ask Herakles in "Sex Question"?

4. What kind of livestock does the narrator describe Geryon raising in “Geryon”?

5. Whose quote opens “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”

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