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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How is the weather described when Geryon wakes in the night in “Water”?
(a) Raining.
(b) Snowing.
(c) Amid a dust storm.
(d) Dry and windy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the name of the volcano that Geryon's group is traveling to in “Photographs: I Am A Beast”?
(a) Etna.
(b) Krakatoa.
(c) Icchantikas.
(d) Vesuvius.

11. Where do Herakles and Geryon sit with Herakles' grandmother when they return to his home in “Memory Burn”?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In the basement.
(c) On the porch.
(d) In the kitchen.

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

13. What does the yellowbeard lecture on in “Slopes”?
(a) Theology.
(b) Skepticism.
(c) Absurdism.
(d) Humanism.

14. What poet is being discussed in “Photographs: Jeats”?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) William Butler Yeats.
(d) James Joyce.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Stesichoros claims that he enjoyed seeing until what year in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?

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

3. What does the narrator describe dusting "them" in the first sentence of “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?

4. How is the book that Geryon is reading described in “Gladys”?

5. Where is Geryon going to visit in “Tunnel”?

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