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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is noted about the fruit bowl in “Fruit Bowl”?
(a) It is always filled with apples.
(b) It is always empty.
(c) It is always full of water.
(d) It has been stolen.

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. What is yellowbeard's profession?
(a) He is an English teacher.
(b) He is a banker.
(c) He is a librarian.
(d) He is a philosopher.

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

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

10. What have been built into the walls of the volcano that Geryon's group is going to visit in “Photographs: I Am A Beast”?
(a) Steel drums.
(b) Bakeries.
(c) Explosive devices.
(d) Weather vanes.

11. How are Geryon, Herakles, and Ancash traveling in “Gladys”?
(a) By plane.
(b) By bus.
(c) By train.
(d) By taxi.

12. Where does Geryon encounter Ancash after leaving his hotel room in “Photographs: Like and Not Like”?
(a) The hotel bar.
(b) The lobby restroom.
(c) The hotel garden.
(d) The front desk.

13. The opening sentence of “Kiss” suggests that "a healthy volcano is an exercise in" what?
(a) "The uses of pressure."
(b) "The employment of fire."
(c) "The love of humanity."
(d) "The gravitational pull."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Herakles and Ancash go downstairs to do in the end of “Roof”?

2. Where is Geryon in the opening of “Harrods”?

3. On whose shoulder does Geryon rest his head while traveling in “Gladys”?

4. In the conclusion of the interview in “Interview (Stesichoros)”, Stesichoros says, "So glad you didn't ask about" what?

5. Where is the particular kind of lava called "aa" described in “AA”?

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