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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom is Herakles sitting on the lawn when Geryon finds him in “Somnambula”?
(a) Ancash.
(b) Lazer.
(c) Geryon’s father.
(d) Herakles' grandmother.

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

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

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

5. What kind of livestock does the narrator describe Geryon raising in “Geryon”?
(a) Goats.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Bison.
(d) Cattle.

6. Whose quote opens “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”
(a) Sophocles'.
(b) Emily Dickinson's.
(c) Homer's.
(d) Gertrude Stein's.

7. Who does Herakles grandmother claim to have known in “She”?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Suidas.
(d) Isokrates.

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

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

10. What does Geryon receive from a friend of his mother's in “Ideas”?
(a) A notebook.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A teddy bear.

11. 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.

12. What is the opening sentence in the beginning of "Sex Question"?
(a) "Is it a question?"
(b) "The leaves were soft red."
(c) "What does he want?"
(d) "Where is the night?"

13. In what city was Stesichoros born?
(a) Panormus.
(b) Cephaloedium.
(c) Himera.
(d) Strabo.

14. What is the first claim that is made in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
(a) "Either Stesichoros was a blind man or he was not."
(b) "Either Helen was the daughter of Zeus or she was not."
(c) "Either Helen existed or she did not."
(d) "If Stesichoros was a blind man either we will lie or if not not."

15. The poem that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance” concludes with the lines, "The only secret people keep / Is" what?
(a) "Truth."
(b) "Nightmares."
(c) "Betrayal."
(d) "Immortality."

Short Answer Questions

1. The opening of ”Pair” describes Geryon feeling a pain not felt since when?

2. What does Geryon's teacher ask his mother at the parent-teacher conference in “Ideas”?

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

4. What does Herakles say "cooked" his hometown in "Hades"?

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

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