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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. What drink does the centaur give to Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?
(a) Cognac.
(b) Water.
(c) Wine.
(d) Whiskey.
2. Why is Geryon sent to his room in "Geryon's Parents"?
(a) For wearing a mask at the supper table.
(b) For talking back to his father.
(c) For kicking the dog.
(d) For hitting his brother at the dinner table.
3. Who said of Stesichoros' works, "Makes those old stories new," according to the author in the novel's introduction?
(a) Suidas.
(b) Hermogenes.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) Longinus.
4. What author is described in the introduction as summing up Picasso in saying, "This one was working"?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) William Butler Yeats.
5. Where are Geryon and Herakles sitting in "Sex Question"?
(a) In church.
(b) In Geryon's bedroom.
(c) In a movie theater.
(d) In a car.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who interrupts Geryon's conversation with his mother in "Click"?
2. What does Geryon's teacher ask his mother at the parent-teacher conference in “Ideas”?
3. What does Geryon's brother place on his head in "Rhinestones"?
4. In Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," the narrator says, "No you never came to" what location?
5. Where does Geryon encounter Herakles in "Change"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What supposedly caused Stesichoros' "un-blinding"?
2. What are examples of foreshadowing seen in “Sex Question” through “Somnambula”?
3. How are volcanoes explored metaphorically in Section 6?
4. What is noted about the innovations of Stesichoros' writing in “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”
5. Describe the structure of the poems in the main storyline. How are the poems similar in their format?
6. What does Geryon's camera represent symbolically in the novel?
7. What major character in the verse novel is introduced in Section 5?
8. How is the motif of the color red explored in "Justice," "Each," and "Rhinestones"?
9. What sexual abuse is described in "Each"?
10. Who do you think is referred to by the word "Him" in "Meanwhile He Came"? Why?
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