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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. What kind of sports practice do Geryon's brother and father attend in "Tuesday"?

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 is the cup made from that the centaur offers Geryon in "Geryon's Weekend"?

5. What color is associated with Geryon in “Walls”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is described in the poem "Herakles' Killing Arrow"?

4. What motif appears in “Screendoor”?

5. What is a palinode? What palinode is described in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?

6. How is the color red employed as a motif in the novel?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Herakles in Autobiography of Red. When and where does Geryon meet Herakles? What is the nature of their relationship? How does this relationship evolve?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style of the main story in Autobiography of Red. From what point of view is the story related? Is the narrator omniscient or limited in perspective? How do each of these choices impact the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of the developing artist in Autobiography of Red. What forms of art does Geryon experiment with in the narrative? How does Geryon advance as an artist? What statements do you think Anne Carson is making regarding the development of the artist?

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