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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in the poetic excerpt of Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," "No you never went on the" what?
(a) "Golden carousel."
(b) "River Styx."
(c) "Benched ships."
(d) "Gray clouds."

2. What does Geryon's mother urge him to do in “Screendoor”?
(a) To have a glass of milk.
(b) To do his homework.
(c) To read the newspaper.
(d) To go to school.

3. Who abducted Helen, according to mythology?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Paris.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Zeus.

4. Stesichoros is said to have spoken a mixed dialect in the novel's introduction. What dialects did he speak?
(a) Chalcidian and Doric.
(b) Scymnic and Carthaginian.
(c) Agrigento and Calambrian.
(d) Syracusan and Strabian.

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

6. What does Herakles say "cooked" his hometown in "Hades"?
(a) A war between the gods.
(b) A bombing raid.
(c) A volcano.
(d) A forest fire.

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

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

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

10. What smell in "Justice" "was pulling [Geryon] toward it / like a strong sea"?
(a) "The smell of dandelions."
(b) "The smell of the falling snow."
(c) "The smell of Herakles' flowers."
(d) "The smell of grass everywhere."

11. Why is Geryon sent to his room in "Geryon's Parents"?
(a) For talking back to his father.
(b) For kicking the dog.
(c) For wearing a mask at the supper table.
(d) For hitting his brother at the dinner table.

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

13. What are Geryon and Herakles doing in “Walls”?
(a) Playing the piano.
(b) Going into a cafe.
(c) Painting graffiti.
(d) Sitting in a bookstore.

14. What does Geryon recall his dog doing in “Walls”?
(a) Running away from home.
(b) Biting a mailman.
(c) Getting hit by a car.
(d) Eating his ice cream cone.

15. Who said of Stesichoros' works, "Makes those old stories new," according to the author in the novel's introduction?
(a) Longinus.
(b) Suidas.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Geryon,” the narrator says, "Geryon's dream began red then slipped out of the vat and" what?

2. Who calls Herakles' family's home in “She”?

3. What does Geryon's brother place on his head in "Rhinestones"?

4. What is printed on the t-shirt that Geryon wears in “Space and Time”?

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

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