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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what language is Geryon writing postcards in “Mitwelt”?
(a) English.
(b) Spanish.
(c) German.
(d) French.
2. What does the yellowbeard lecture on in “Slopes”?
(a) Skepticism.
(b) Absurdism.
(c) Humanism.
(d) Theology.
3. What is yellowbeard's profession?
(a) He is a philosopher.
(b) He is a banker.
(c) He is a librarian.
(d) He is an English teacher.
4. Where does Geryon encounter Ancash after leaving his hotel room in “Photographs: Like and Not Like”?
(a) The lobby restroom.
(b) The front desk.
(c) The hotel bar.
(d) The hotel garden.
5. What is Geryon defined as in the verse novel?
(a) As a monster.
(b) As a god.
(c) As a dragon.
(d) As a demi-god.
6. In what city is Ancash's mother's home?
(a) Buenos Aires.
(b) Bogota.
(c) Santiago.
(d) Lima.
7. In the opening sentence of “Distances,” the narrator suggests that what question had intrigued Geryon for much of his life?
(a) The question of sexuality.
(b) The question of family and its meaning.
(c) The question of the nature of time.
(d) The question of fate versus free will.
8. What does Geryon recall his brother doing after he's come home from a dance in “Tango”?
(a) Making a stack of sandwiches.
(b) Having a fight with their father.
(c) Stealing the family car.
(d) Kicking the family dog.
9. What color is the awning over Harrods?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.
10. What kind of animal from the carousel does Herakles take in “Harrods”?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A horse.
(c) A lion.
(d) A tiger.
11. What is described in the photograph in the opening sentence of “Photographs: The Old Days”?
(a) A snake in the river.
(b) A man's naked back.
(c) A pair of grazing burros.
(d) A guinea pig on a plate.
12. What does Geryon imagine he sees in the living room in “Water”?
(a) A parrot.
(b) A cat.
(c) A dog.
(d) A raven.
13. Where are Geryon, Herakles, and Ancash traveling in “Gladys”?
(a) To Brazil.
(b) To Argentina.
(c) To Mexico.
(d) To Peru.
14. “Mitwelt” opens with a sentence that states that "there is no person without" what?
(a) "A mother."
(b) "A world."
(c) "A life."
(d) "A dream."
15. Who calls Geryon on the phone in “Tunnel”?
(a) Geryon's brother.
(b) Herakles.
(c) Geryon's father.
(d) Geryon's mother.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Herakles describe Geryon saving in his dream in “Freedom"?
2. How many soldiers surround the car in “Photographs: Jeats”?
3. Where were the animals on the carousel carved, according to Ancash in “Harrods”?
4. What does Geryon create for Ancash in “Photographs: *1748”?
5. Where does Geryon go with the yellowbeard after the lecture in “Distances”?
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