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

2. What kind of hedge surrounds the windows of the kindergarten in "Justice"?
(a) Azalea.
(b) Yew.
(c) Highbush cranberry.
(d) Dwarf yaupon holly.

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

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

5. Who interrupts Geryon's conversation with his mother in "Click"?
(a) Longinus.
(b) Geryon’s father.
(c) Ancash's mother.
(d) Geryon's brother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Geryon's Death Begins," the narrator says, "Geryon walked the red length of his mind and answered" what?

3. From what setting does Geryon leave with the centaur in the beginning of "Geryon's Weekend"?

4. What does Geryon name the lone survivor of the disaster in Herakles' hometown in "Hades"?

5. What color is associated with Geryon in “Walls”?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom is the Greek writer Stesichoros compared in “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”

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

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

4. How is the theme of sexual dominance explored in Section 7?

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

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

7. What theme is explored in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?

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

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

10. What comprises Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?

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