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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. Who calls Herakles' family's home in “She”?
(a) Geryon's father.
(b) Geryon's mother.
(c) Geryon's sister.
(d) Geryon's grandmother.

2. 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.

3. The opening of ”Pair” describes Geryon feeling a pain not felt since when?
(a) His mother's death.
(b) His father's death.
(c) The war.
(d) Childhood.

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

5. What color are the butterflies that Geryon points out in “Somnambula”?
(a) Red and blue.
(b) Yellow and orange.
(c) Red and black.
(d) Green and yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the waitress ask when she brings the food in ”Grooming"?

2. Geryon's autobiography includes references to whose deaths in “Ideas”?

3. Who took the photograph that is titled “Red Patience”?

4. What is Geryon's mother standing next to in the opening line from “Screendoor”?

5. In "Grooming," the opening sentence describes living childhood close to what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is signficant about Geryon's perception of himself in "Right"?

4. What is the significance of the encounter with the centaur in "Geryon's Weekend"?

5. What motif appears in “Screendoor”?

6. Describe the structure of the poems in the main storyline. How are the poems similar in their format?

7. How is Geryon's visit to the volcano explored metaphorically in Section 7?

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

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

10. What supposedly caused Stesichoros' "un-blinding"?

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