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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. Stesichoros claims that he enjoyed seeing until what year in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1911.

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

3. 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 sexuality.
(d) The question of family and its meaning.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herakles describe Geryon saving in his dream in “Freedom"?

2. Herakles tells Geryon he should go see the collection of what that are housed by Ancash's mother in “Roof”?

3. How many people are sitting at the table in the photograph described in “Photographs: Origin of Time”?

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

5. What is described in the photograph in the opening sentence of “Photographs: The Old Days”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is significant about the yellowbeard in Autobiography of Red?

4. What is significant about Geryon's job in "Freedom"?

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

6. What do Geryon and Herakles' grandmother discuss in “Memory Burn”?

7. What is significant about Ancash's legend of his people in “Eyewitnesses”?

8. What motifs appear in “Slopes”? How are they introduced?

9. What is foreshadowed through the discussion of lava in "AA"?

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

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