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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who falls asleep on the way to the volcano in “AA”?
(a) Herakles.
(b) Suidas.
(c) Geryon.
(d) Lazer.

2. Lazer claims in “Distances” that the life story of all people involves them doing what?
(a) Swimming in the ocean.
(b) Walking in a forest.
(c) Walking on a beach.
(d) Clmbing a mountain.

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

4. What is described in the photograph in the opening line of “Photographs: The Meek”?
(a) A guinea pig on a plate.
(b) A snake in the river.
(c) A man's naked back.
(d) A pair of grazing burros.

5. Where is Geryon in the opening of “Kiss”?
(a) His hotel room.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A meeting for writers.
(d) A cafe.

6. The opening sentence of “Aeroplane” indicates that it is always what in the upper atmosphere?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

7. What does Geryon imagine he sees in the living room in “Water”?
(a) A cat.
(b) A parrot.
(c) A raven.
(d) A dog.

8. What does Geryon think that people are in “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?
(a) "Amazing beings."
(b) "Less than terrible."
(c) "A horrific species."
(d) "Movers and shakers."

9. What word refers to South American cowboys in “Aeroplane”?
(a) Gauchos.
(b) Matadors.
(c) Burros.
(d) Incubi.

10. What is described in the photograph in the opening line of “Photographs: I Am A Beast”?
(a) A man's naked back.
(b) A snake in the river.
(c) A guinea pig on a plate.
(d) A pair of grazing burros.

11. How did Geryon return home in “Fruit Bowl”?
(a) By train.
(b) By taxi.
(c) By airplane.
(d) By bus.

12. Stesichoros claims that he enjoyed seeing until what year in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1952.

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

14. How is the hotel described where Geryon and his companions are staying in “Huaraz”?
(a) Crowded.
(b) Bustling.
(c) Urban.
(d) Empty.

15. Where does Geryon go with the yellowbeard after the lecture in “Distances”?
(a) To a cafe.
(b) To a movie theater.
(c) To the yellowbeard's home.
(d) To his mother's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Geryon and Herakles' grandmother discuss while alone in “Memory Burn”?

2. Where does Geryon get a job in "Freedom"?

3. What is Geryon defined as in the verse novel?

4. How old is Geryon in “Tunnel”?

5. In what language is Geryon writing postcards in “Mitwelt”?

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