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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Herakles and Geryon going in the beginning of “Memory Burn”?
(a) To a video store.
(b) To a school play.
(c) To a candy store.
(d) To a bookstore.

2. What does the narrator describe dusting "them" in the first sentence of “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?
(a) Salt.
(b) Lava.
(c) Water.
(d) Flour.

3. How many soldiers surround the car in “Photographs: Jeats”?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. What word from “Interview (Stesichoros)” refers to a principle or set of beliefs laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true?
(a) Epitheton.
(b) Incubus.
(c) Dogma.
(d) Himera.

5. When he is in the bookstore, Geryon is distracted by a man playing games outside with what in “Kiss”?
(a) A child.
(b) A dog.
(c) A bird.
(d) A cat.

6. “Mitwelt” opens with a sentence that states that "there is no person without" what?
(a) "A world."
(b) "A dream."
(c) "A mother."
(d) "A life."

7. What do Herakles and Ancash go downstairs to do in the end of “Roof”?
(a) Greet the horses.
(b) Fix an electrical problem.
(c) Fix a plumbing problem.
(d) Call for a taxi.

8. The location for the presentation in “Slopes” is described as an abandoned factory for what?
(a) War ammunitions.
(b) Mining equipment.
(c) Cars.
(d) Cigarettes.

9. How is the book that Geryon is reading described in “Gladys”?
(a) Poetic and flowery.
(b) Post-modern.
(c) Pornographic.
(d) Boring and historical.

10. What does Herakles describe Geryon saving in his dream in “Freedom"?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A yellow bird.
(c) A red dog.
(d) A little girl.

11. How are Geryon, Herakles, and Ancash traveling in “Gladys”?
(a) By taxi.
(b) By bus.
(c) By train.
(d) By plane.

12. Where is Ancash from?
(a) Peru.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Mexico.

13. What does Ancash say he wants to see Geryon do in “Photographs: Like and Not Like”?
(a) Climb a mountain.
(b) Get married.
(c) Use his wings.
(d) Fight Herakles.

14. What is the name of the volcano that Geryon's group is traveling to in “Photographs: I Am A Beast”?
(a) Krakatoa.
(b) Vesuvius.
(c) Etna.
(d) Icchantikas.

15. In what city is Ancash's mother's home?
(a) Santiago.
(b) Bogota.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) Lima.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet is being discussed in “Photographs: Jeats”?

2. How is the hotel described where Geryon and his companions are staying in “Huaraz”?

3. What have been built into the walls of the volcano that Geryon's group is going to visit in “Photographs: I Am A Beast”?

4. Why does Ancash hit Geryon in “Photographs: Like and Not Like”?

5. What do Herakles and Geryon bicker about when returning to Herakles' home in “Memory Burn”?

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