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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 does Herakles grandmother claim to have known in “She”?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Suidas.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) Isokrates.
2. What does the waitress ask when she brings the food in ”Grooming"?
(a) She asks if Geryon and Herakles are newlyweds.
(b) She asks if Geryon and Herakles are brothers.
(c) She asks if Geryon and Herakles are old enough to drink.
(d) She asks if Geryon and Herakles are on a school trip.
3. What is the cup made from that the centaur offers Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A skull.
(c) Gold.
(d) A basket.
4. What does the narrator say that Geryon loved in the opening of “Total Things Known about Geryon”?
(a) Water.
(b) Horseback riding.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Gardening.
5. Who was Helen's mother, according to mythology?
(a) Athena.
(b) Leda.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Demeter.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of hedge surrounds the windows of the kindergarten in "Justice"?
2. 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?
3. What word refers to a poem in which the poet retracts a view or sentiment expressed in a former poem?
4. What is the opening sentence in the beginning of "Sex Question"?
5. What does Geryon name the lone survivor of the disaster in Herakles' hometown in "Hades"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the color red used as a motif in Section 5?
2. What theme is explored in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
3. What is significant about the quote that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance”?
4. What sexual abuse is described in "Each"?
5. What major character in the verse novel is introduced in Section 5?
6. How is the motif of the color red explored in "Justice," "Each," and "Rhinestones"?
7. How is the color red explored metaphorically in Section 7?
8. What is the significance of the encounter with the centaur in "Geryon's Weekend"?
9. What are examples of foreshadowing seen in “Sex Question” through “Somnambula”?
10. What does the dog signify in "Wings" and the other early poems in the novel?
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