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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 fate versus free will.
(c) The question of family and its meaning.
(d) The question of sexuality.

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

3. What is described about the water in Huraraz in the excerpt titled with the same name?
(a) Its impurities.
(b) Its high boiling point.
(c) Its low boiling point.
(d) Its clear purity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the yellowbeard lecture on in “Slopes”?

4. When does Geryon recall doing a science project in “Mitwelt”?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Geryon take from Harrods? Why?

2. What is the central conflict in “Photographs: Like and Not Like”?

3. Describe Geryon's circumstances in “Tunnel.” How old is he at this point in the narrative?

4. How is the setting described in “Roof”?

5. What is Geryon doing when he encounters Herakles in "Kiss"? Why?

6. Who is Ancash? How is this character introduced?

7. How is volcano imagery employed in “Kiss”?

8. How is the setting described in “Huaraz”?

9. Who is Lazer? How is his character introduced?

10. What does the flour represent in “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?

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