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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately when was Stesichoros born?
(a) 650 B.C.
(b) 250 B.C.
(c) 100 B.C.
(d) 500 B.C.

2. To whom does Plato compare Stesichoros in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?
(a) Homer.
(b) Suidas.
(c) Isokrates.
(d) Longinus.

3. What question does Geryon ask Herakles in "Sex Question"?
(a) "Who is your father?"
(b) "Is it true you think about sex every day?"
(c) "Did Helen of Troy really exist?"
(d) "Are roses being burned alive?"

4. What does Geryon's mother suggest he use next time in making a sculpture in "Tuesday"?
(a) Clay.
(b) A one-dollar bill.
(c) A ten-dollar bill.
(d) A hammer.

5. “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” opens with a poem by whom?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

6. In "Grooming," the opening sentence describes living childhood close to what?
(a) The forest.
(b) The sky.
(c) The sea.
(d) The desert.

7. What is the red dog on the beach compared to in "Wings"?
(a) "Roses being burned alive."
(b) "A freed shadow."
(c) "An antelope."
(d) "A distant speck of grain."

8. 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.

9. In the poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance,” what is said to keep "His never slumbering plan"?
(a) "The winds of the coming storm."
(b) "The ashes of the forgotten."
(c) "His cold hands."
(d) "The reticent volcano."

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

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

12. What is compared to "the sleep of the just" in "Each"?
(a) Rain.
(b) Opium.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Honey.

13. Geryon's autobiography includes references to whose deaths in “Ideas”?
(a) The death of Herakles' grandmother.
(b) The death of Herakles.
(c) His parents' deaths.
(d) Geryon's and his dog's deaths.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geryon's mother urge him to do in “Screendoor”?

2. What word refers to a poem in which the poet retracts a view or sentiment expressed in a former poem?

3. With whom is Herakles sitting on the lawn when Geryon finds him in “Somnambula”?

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

5. Who is described as wearing rhinestones in "Rhinestones"?

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