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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 the red dog on the beach compared to in "Wings"?
(a) "Roses being burned alive."
(b) "A distant speck of grain."
(c) "A freed shadow."
(d) "An antelope."

2. What is described as making Geryon's brother happy in "Justice"?
(a) Stones.
(b) Books.
(c) Music.
(d) Painting.

3. What is the first claim that is made in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
(a) "If Stesichoros was a blind man either we will lie or if not not."
(b) "Either Stesichoros was a blind man or he was not."
(c) "Either Helen existed or she did not."
(d) "Either Helen was the daughter of Zeus or she was not."

4. Where are Geryon and Herakles sitting in "Sex Question"?
(a) In church.
(b) In a movie theater.
(c) In a car.
(d) In Geryon's bedroom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the butterflies that Geryon points out in “Somnambula”?

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

3. By whom was Stesichoros supposedly struck blind?

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

5. Why is Geryon sent to his room in "Geryon's Parents"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How would you describe the language style in the introduction to the novel?

5. How are volcanoes explored metaphorically in Section 6?

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

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

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

9. What is the significance of the word "each" in the poem with the same title?

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

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