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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 does Geryon's brother place on his head in "Rhinestones"?
2. Who said of Stesichoros' works, "Makes those old stories new," according to the author in the novel's introduction?
3. In Appendix B: "The Palinode of Stesichoros by Stesichoros (Fragment 192 Poetae Melici Graeci)," the narrator says, "No you never came to" what location?
4. What kind of sports practice do Geryon's brother and father attend in "Tuesday"?
5. Geryon's autobiography includes references to whose deaths in “Ideas”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are volcanoes explored metaphorically in Section 6?
2. How is the color red employed as a motif in the novel?
3. How is the theme of sexual dominance explored in Section 7?
4. Who do you think is referred to by the word "Him" in "Meanwhile He Came"? Why?
5. What sexual abuse is described in "Each"?
6. What theme is explored in Appendix C: "Clearing Up of the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen"?
7. Why and how is Virginia Woolf alluded to in "She"?
8. What is the significance of the encounter with the centaur in "Geryon's Weekend"?
9. How is the motif of the color red explored in "Justice," "Each," and "Rhinestones"?
10. What is a palinode? What palinode is described in Appendix A: “Testimonia on the Question of Stesichoros’ Blinding by Helen”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
Discuss the theme of coming of age in Autobiography of Red. What aspects of growing up are highlighted in Geryon's story? How does Geryon change as he grows from a boy into a man?
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