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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word refers to a poem in which the poet retracts a view or sentiment expressed in a former poem?
(a) Proscenium.
(b) Epitheton.
(c) Incubus.
(d) Palinode.

3. What does Geryon's brother place on his head in "Rhinestones"?
(a) A baseball cap.
(b) A dictionary.
(c) A football helmet.
(d) An empty fruit bowl.

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

5. Stesichoros' words were collected in how many books, according to the author in the introduction?
(a) 16.
(b) 41.
(c) 32.
(d) 26.

6. What color is associated with Geryon in “Walls”?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

7. Who said of Stesichoros, "What a sweet genius in the use of adjectives"?
(a) Longinus.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Suidas.
(d) Hermogenes.

8. What smell in "Justice" "was pulling [Geryon] toward it / like a strong sea"?
(a) "The smell of grass everywhere."
(b) "The smell of dandelions."
(c) "The smell of the falling snow."
(d) "The smell of Herakles' flowers."

9. Who interrupts Geryon's conversation with his mother in "Click"?
(a) Geryon's brother.
(b) Geryon’s father.
(c) Ancash's mother.
(d) Longinus.

10. What does Herakles say "cooked" his hometown in "Hades"?
(a) A volcano.
(b) A war between the gods.
(c) A bombing raid.
(d) A forest fire.

11. What word from “Geryon's Parents" refers to a Lilin-demon in male form who lies upon women in order to engage in sexual activity with them?
(a) Succubus.
(b) Epitheton.
(c) Incubus.
(d) Proscenium.

12. What does Geryon's teacher ask his mother at the parent-teacher conference in “Ideas”?
(a) Whether he plans to attend college.
(b) Whether he is being bullied at home.
(c) Whether he writes anything with a happy ending.
(d) Whether he has been tested for learning disabilities.

13. Who was Helen's mother, according to mythology?
(a) Leda.
(b) Athena.
(c) Demeter.
(d) Artemis.

14. The subject in the opening line of “Lava” imagines being what alone in the dark?
(a) A woman.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A lion.

15. The opening line of “Space and Time” states, "Up against another human being one's own procedures take on" what?
(a) "Bravery."
(b) "Willfulness."
(c) "New dimensions."
(d) "Definition."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geryon's mother suggest he use next time in making a sculpture in "Tuesday"?

2. What is the sound of horses compared to in “Geryon’s War Record”?

3. The opening line of “She” describes the house being dark except for a single light where?

4. In "Geryon's Death Begins," the narrator says, "Geryon walked the red length of his mind and answered" what?

5. Where is the main door of the school described in "Justice"?

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