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

2. What is the first claim that is made 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 existed or she did not."
(c) "Either Stesichoros was a blind man or he was not."
(d) "Either Helen was the daughter of Zeus or she was not."

3. How many titles remain of Stesichoros' books today?
(a) 12 or so.
(b) 100 or so.
(c) 20 or so.
(d) 5 or so.

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?
(a) "Hear me speak."
(b) "The towers of Troy."
(c) "The River Nile."
(d) "The kingdom of the Greeks."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What goddesss is describe as looking through the floor in "Meanwhilte in Heaven"?

2. What does Geryon recall his dog doing in “Walls”?

3. What author is described in the introduction as summing up Picasso in saying, "This one was working"?

4. In what city was Stesichoros born?

5. Who interrupts Geryon's conversation with his mother in "Click"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do you think is referred to by the word "Him" in "Meanwhile He Came"? Why?

2. What are examples of foreshadowing seen in “Sex Question” through “Somnambula”?

3. How is the motif of the color red explored in "Justice," "Each," and "Rhinestones"?

4. How is the color red explored metaphorically in Section 7?

5. What irony can be seen in the poem "Justice"?

6. To whom is the Greek writer Stesichoros compared in “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”

7. What is described in the poem "Herakles' Killing Arrow"?

8. What comprises Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?

9. What is the purpose of the book's introduction “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”

10. What major character in the verse novel is introduced in Section 5?

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