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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 kind of sports practice do Geryon's brother and father attend in "Tuesday"?
(a) Football.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Soccer.

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

3. Herakles comments in “Walls” that all of Geryon's creative expressions reference what?
(a) His mother.
(b) Being imprisoned.
(c) His little red dog.
(d) Flying.

4. The subject in the opening line of “Lava” imagines being what alone in the dark?
(a) A dragon.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A lion.
(d) A woman.

5. What does Geryon touch inside his coat pocket outside the school in "Justice"?
(a) A lucky penny.
(b) A piece of ribbon.
(c) A scarab.
(d) A dollar bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose quote opens “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”

2. What does Geryon's mother tidy on him before he leaves in “Screendoor”?

3. Why does Geryon ask Herakles for change in "Change"?

4. Who is described as wearing rhinestones in "Rhinestones"?

5. How is Geryon's brother described in comparison to Geryon in the beginning of "Justice"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What motif appears in “Screendoor”?

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

5. What is suggested by the references to the color red in Section 6?

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

7. Why and how is Virginia Woolf alluded to in "She"?

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

9. How are volcanoes explored metaphorically in Section 6?

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

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