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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The beginning of “Kiss” finds Geryon contemplating the "cracks and fissures of" what?
(a) "His inner life."
(b) "Human civilization."
(c) "The earth's crust."
(d) "The world."

2. Where is Geryon in the opening of “Harrods”?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) His hotel room.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) A church.

3. How do Geryon and the yellowbeard travel to the space for the presentation in “Slopes”?
(a) By horseback.
(b) By taxi.
(c) By train.
(d) By limousine.

4. Why does Ancash hit Geryon in “Photographs: Like and Not Like”?
(a) Because he saw Geryon's wings.
(b) Because Geryon lied about stealing money.
(c) Because Geryon shot his brother.
(d) Because Geryon slept with Herakles.

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

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

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

8. What is described in the photograph in the opening line of “Photographs: The Meek”?
(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.

9. In the opening sentence of “Distances,” the narrator suggests that what question had intrigued Geryon for much of his life?
(a) The question of family and its meaning.
(b) The question of sexuality.
(c) The question of the nature of time.
(d) The question of fate versus free will.

10. When did World War I begin?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1911.

11. Where are Geryon, Herakles, and Ancash traveling in “Gladys”?
(a) To Brazil.
(b) To Mexico.
(c) To Argentina.
(d) To Peru.

12. Where are Geryon and Herakles in the beginning of “Fast Forward”?
(a) The Cafe Antwerp.
(b) The Cafe Renoir.
(c) The Cafe Alton.
(d) The Cafe Mitwelt.

13. What does Geryon do when he returns to his hotel in “Distances”?
(a) He takes a photograph of himself.
(b) The goes immediately to sleep.
(c) He calls his mother.
(d) He reads a newspaper.

14. What does Ancash bring to Geryon on the roof in “Eyewitnesses”?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Photographs.
(c) A puppy.
(d) Books.

15. What does Lazer say children inspire when he talks to Geryon?
(a) They inspire people to warfare.
(b) They inspire people to see distances.
(c) They inspire education.
(d) They inspire good will toward womankind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Herakles said to smell of in “Kiss”?

3. The opening sentence of “Slopes” suggests that Geryon could be very what?

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

5. How does Stesichoros respond when the interviewer says, "Which brings us to Helen" in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?

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