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

2. Who took the photograph that is titled “Red Patience”?
(a) Stesichoros.
(b) Lazer.
(c) Herakles' grandmother.
(d) Ancash's mother.

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

4. What is the sound of horses compared to in “Geryon’s War Record”?
(a) "A freed shadow."
(b) "Roses being burned alive."
(c) "Thunder clapping in the distance."
(d) "A volcano mid-eruption."

5. How many titles remain of Stesichoros' books today?
(a) 5 or so.
(b) 100 or so.
(c) 20 or so.
(d) 12 or so.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What drink does the centaur give to Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?

3. What kind of food does Geryon use in making his sculpture in "Tuesday"?

4. What does Geryon recall his dog doing in “Walls”?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Geryon's camera represent symbolically in the novel?

2. Where is Herakles hometown? How is it described?

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

4. What is a palinode? What palinode is described in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?

5. What does the dog signify in "Wings" and the other early poems in the novel?

6. What is significant about the quote that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance”?

7. What is noted about the innovations of Stesichoros' writing in “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”

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

9. What irony can be seen in the poem "Justice"?

10. How is the color red used as a motif in Section 5?

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