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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is described as performing a sex act in public in ”Grooming"?
(a) The yellowbeard.
(b) Lazer.
(c) Geryon.
(d) Ancash's mother.
2. What is compared to "the sleep of the just" in "Each"?
(a) Honey.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Opium.
(d) Rain.
3. How is Geryon's brother described in comparison to Geryon in the beginning of "Justice"?
(a) "Fatter and wiser."
(b) "Younger and smaller."
(c) "Bigger and older."
(d) "Thinner and smarter."
4. Herakles comments in “Walls” that all of Geryon's creative expressions reference what?
(a) His little red dog.
(b) Flying.
(c) His mother.
(d) Being imprisoned.
5. 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) Proscenium.
(d) Incubus.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of sports practice do Geryon's brother and father attend in "Tuesday"?
2. With whom is Herakles sitting on the lawn when Geryon finds him in “Somnambula”?
3. What is the red dog on the beach compared to in "Wings"?
4. What does Geryon's mother suggest he use next time in making a sculpture in "Tuesday"?
5. Who said of Stesichoros' works, "Makes those old stories new," according to the author in the novel's introduction?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is suggested by the references to the color red in Section 6?
2. What is the significance of the encounter with the centaur in "Geryon's Weekend"?
3. What does the dog signify in "Wings" and the other early poems in the novel?
4. How is the color red employed as a motif in the novel?
5. How are volcanoes explored metaphorically in Section 6?
6. What sexual abuse is described in "Each"?
7. What supposedly caused Stesichoros' "un-blinding"?
8. What does Geryon's camera represent symbolically in the novel?
9. What are examples of foreshadowing seen in “Sex Question” through “Somnambula”?
10. What comprises Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
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