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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The opening line of “Space and Time” states, "Up against another human being one's own procedures take on" what?
2. Geryon's autobiography includes references to whose deaths in “Ideas”?
3. Herakles comments in “Walls” that all of Geryon's creative expressions reference what?
4. What does the waitress ask when she brings the food in ”Grooming"?
5. What does Geryon's mother tidy on him before he leaves in “Screendoor”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What comprises Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
2. What theme is explored in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
3. Why and how is Virginia Woolf alluded to in "She"?
4. What irony can be seen in the poem "Justice"?
5. How is the motif of the color red explored in "Justice," "Each," and "Rhinestones"?
6. To whom is the Greek writer Stesichoros compared in “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”
7. What is described in the poem "Herakles' Killing Arrow"?
8. How is the color red explored metaphorically in Section 7?
9. What is significant about the quote that opens “Autobiography of Red: A Romance”?
10. What is the significance of the encounter with the centaur in "Geryon's Weekend"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the story of Stesichoros being blinded by Helen of Troy. What caused Helen to blind Stesichoros? How did Stesichoros reverse his fate? What arguments are made regarding this story in Autobiography of Red?
Essay Topic 2
Where does Geryon get a job when he becomes an adult? What is metaphorically significant about this job? What does the job foreshadow? How does irony apply to Geryon's job?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the settings established in Autobiography of Red. Where does Geryon grow up? Where does he meet Herakles as an adult? Where does Geryon travel in the novel?
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