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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the narrator in “Huaraz,” what "has effects no-one can calculate in advance"?
(a) "Raising a camera to one's face."
(b) "Speaking to strangers in a strange land."
(c) "Walking down the street."
(d) "Falling in love."

3. What are the women doing by the side of the road when Geryon, Herakles, and Ancash pass them in the end of “Car”?
(a) Running for the border.
(b) Smoking cigarettes.
(c) Chasing a dog.
(d) Reading magazines.

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

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

6. What kind of animal from the carousel does Herakles take in “Harrods”?
(a) A lion.
(b) A tiger.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A horse.

7. Herakles tells Geryon he should go see the collection of what that are housed by Ancash's mother in “Roof”?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Burros.
(c) Parrots.
(d) Cats.

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

9. What does Geryon recall his brother doing after he's come home from a dance in “Tango”?
(a) Kicking the family dog.
(b) Stealing the family car.
(c) Making a stack of sandwiches.
(d) Having a fight with their father.

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

11. What is Herakles said to smell of in “Kiss”?
(a) Blueberries.
(b) Jasmines.
(c) Leather.
(d) Motor oil.

12. What is Geryon defined as in the verse novel?
(a) As a god.
(b) As a demi-god.
(c) As a dragon.
(d) As a monster.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Herakles and Ancash recording across South America in “Fast Forward”?

2. Where is Ancash from?

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

4. What does Ancash say he wants to see Geryon do in “Photographs: Like and Not Like”?

5. Where were the animals on the carousel carved, according to Ancash in “Harrods”?

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