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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Geryon doing when the phone rings in the beginning of “Tunnel”?
(a) He is writing.
(b) He is packing.
(c) He is reading.
(d) He is playing guitar.

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

3. What color is the awning over Harrods?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

4. What color is discussed in the interview in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

5. Where is Geryon's mother described when he returns home in “Fruit Bowl”?
(a) In the garden.
(b) On the porch swing.
(c) On the living room sofa.
(d) At the kitchen table.

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

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 the nature of time.
(b) The question of family and its meaning.
(c) The question of fate versus free will.
(d) The question of sexuality.

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

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

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

11. Where does Geryon get a job in "Freedom"?
(a) The bank.
(b) The candy store.
(c) The butcher shop.
(d) The library.

12. In the conclusion of the interview in “Interview (Stesichoros)”, Stesichoros says, "So glad you didn't ask about" what?
(a) "The roses burned alive."
(b) "Herakles."
(c) "My mother."
(d) "The little red dog."

13. What does Geryon recall seeing killed in “Aeroplane”?
(a) A deer.
(b) A rabid dog.
(c) A grizzly bear.
(d) A snake.

14. What do Geryon and Herakles' grandmother discuss while alone in “Memory Burn”?
(a) The state of crime in the region.
(b) Her photograph.
(c) The road to the mountains.
(d) His brother.

15. What does Geryon have in his lap as he falls asleep in “Aeroplane”?
(a) His autobiography.
(b) A small dog.
(c) His guidebook.
(d) A bouquet of flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Geryon and Herakles in the beginning of “Fast Forward”?

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

3. How do Herakles, Ancash, and Geryon plan to travel to the volcano in “Eyewitnesses”?

4. Who falls asleep on the way to the volcano in “AA”?

5. What does Geryon think that people are in “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?

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