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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Geryon's mother doing as she looks at him in the opening line from “Screendoor”?
(a) Pouring a glass of wine.
(b) Washing dishes.
(c) Reading the newspaper.
(d) Lighting a cigarette.

2. 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) Isokrates.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Longinus.

3. Whose relationship with Geryon's is becoming more distant in “Space and Time”?
(a) Herakles.
(b) Geryon's uncle.
(c) Geryon's mother.
(d) Geryon's brother.

4. What is the cup made from that the centaur offers Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?
(a) A shoe.
(b) Gold.
(c) A basket.
(d) A skull.

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

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

7. What does Geryon's brother place on his head in "Rhinestones"?
(a) An empty fruit bowl.
(b) A dictionary.
(c) A baseball cap.
(d) A football helmet.

8. What is printed on the t-shirt that Geryon wears in “Space and Time”?
(a) "No More Mud."
(b) "Truth."
(c) "Silent Night."
(d) "God Loves Lola."

9. What is the word "adjective" translated to in Greek?
(a) Platoan.
(b) Epitheton.
(c) Panormus.
(d) Hermogenous.

10. Stesichoros' words were collected in how many books, according to the author in the introduction?
(a) 16.
(b) 41.
(c) 32.
(d) 26.

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

12. What author is described in the introduction as summing up Picasso in saying, "This one was working"?
(a) William Butler Yeats.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

13. Who is described as performing a sex act in public in ”Grooming"?
(a) Geryon.
(b) The yellowbeard.
(c) Lazer.
(d) Ancash's mother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately when was Stesichoros born?

2. What does Geryon receive from a friend of his mother's in “Ideas”?

3. Why is Geryon sent to his room in "Geryon's Parents"?

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

5. What is the first claim that is made in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?

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