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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 livestock does the narrator describe Geryon raising in “Geryon”?
(a) Bison.
(b) Goats.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Cattle.
2. What is the sound of horses compared to in “Geryon’s War Record”?
(a) "A freed shadow."
(b) "Thunder clapping in the distance."
(c) "A volcano mid-eruption."
(d) "Roses being burned alive."
3. Where is the main door of the school described in "Justice"?
(a) On the south side.
(b) On the west side.
(c) On the north side.
(d) On the east side.
4. Who took the photograph that is titled “Red Patience”?
(a) Lazer.
(b) Ancash's mother.
(c) Herakles' grandmother.
(d) Stesichoros.
5. Who claimed that Stesichoros was the "Most Homeric of the lyric poets," according to the author in the introduction?
(a) Longinus.
(b) Suidas.
(c) Hermogenes.
(d) Gertrude Stein.
Short Answer Questions
1. What question does Geryon ask Herakles in "Sex Question"?
2. What does Geryon offer to do for his mother in the end of “Space and Time”?
3. What does Geryon name the lone survivor of the disaster in Herakles' hometown in "Hades"?
4. Who said of Stesichoros, "What a sweet genius in the use of adjectives"?
5. What drink does the centaur give to Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why and how is Virginia Woolf alluded to in "She"?
2. How is the motif of the color red explored in "Justice," "Each," and "Rhinestones"?
3. How would you describe the language style in the introduction to the novel?
4. What sexual abuse is described in "Each"?
5. What is noted about the innovations of Stesichoros' writing in “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”
6. To whom is the Greek writer Stesichoros compared in “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”
7. What comprises Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
8. Who do you think is referred to by the word "Him" in "Meanwhile He Came"? Why?
9. What major character in the verse novel is introduced in Section 5?
10. How is the color red explored metaphorically in Section 7?
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