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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. Stesichoros is said to have spoken a mixed dialect in the novel's introduction. What dialects did he speak?
2. What does Geryon's brother place on his head in "Rhinestones"?
3. What does Geryon receive from a friend of his mother's in “Ideas”?
4. What is described as making Geryon's brother happy in "Justice"?
5. What does Geryon touch inside his coat pocket outside the school in "Justice"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the theme of sexual dominance explored in Section 7?
2. What does Geryon's camera represent symbolically in the novel?
3. How is the motif of the color red explored in "Justice," "Each," and "Rhinestones"?
4. What is noted about the innovations of Stesichoros' writing in “Red Meat: What Difference did Stesichoros Make?”
5. What is signficant about Geryon's perception of himself in "Right"?
6. What does the dog signify in "Wings" and the other early poems in the novel?
7. How is the color red used as a motif in Section 5?
8. How is the color red employed as a motif in the novel?
9. What is the significance of the word "each" in the poem with the same title?
10. What motif appears in “Screendoor”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's allusions to Gertrude Stein and to Homer in Autobiography of Red. How are these authors compared to Stesichoros? In what way have these authors innovated literature and/or poetry? What is said about the power of words in Stein's quote in the beginning of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the motif of cigarettes in the novel. When and where do cigarettes appear in the poems? What do you think they signify? Why? To what themes does this motif connect?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the significance of Geryon's dog in the novel. How is the dog described? In what poems does the dog appear? What statement is made regarding the dog in the final interview at the end of the book? What do you think is meant by this statement?
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