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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. What do Herakles and Geryon bicker about when returning to Herakles' home in “Memory Burn”?
(a) The elevation of Peru.
(b) The distance to the stars.
(c) Whether or not to steal a car.
(d) The name of a movie.

2. How do Herakles, Ancash, and Geryon plan to travel to the volcano in “Eyewitnesses”?
(a) By rental car.
(b) By taxi.
(c) By train.
(d) By airplane.

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

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

5. How does Stesichoros respond when the interviewer says, "Which brings us to Helen" in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?
(a) "Helen was a beauty."
(b) "There is no Helen."
(c) "Helen blinded me."
(d) "What about Helen?"

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Geryon return home in “Fruit Bowl”?

2. What color is the awning over Harrods?

3. How old is Geryon in “Tunnel”?

4. What does Geryon recall seeing killed in “Aeroplane”?

5. How are Geryon, Herakles, and Ancash traveling in “Gladys”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What memories come to Geryon in “Tango”?

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

3. What does Geryon take from Harrods? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Geryon feel about his circumstances while traveling in “Aeroplane”?

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