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

2. How many soldiers surround the car in “Photographs: Jeats”?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

3. What are Herakles and Ancash recording across South America in “Fast Forward”?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Ordinary people.
(c) Animals.
(d) Volcanoes.

4. What word from “Interview (Stesichoros)” refers to a principle or set of beliefs laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true?
(a) Epitheton.
(b) Incubus.
(c) Dogma.
(d) Himera.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described about the water in Huraraz in the excerpt titled with the same name?

2. Who calls Geryon on the phone in “Tunnel”?

3. What is Geryon defined as in the verse novel?

4. What does Geryon have in his lap as he falls asleep in “Aeroplane”?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is significant about the reference to Helen in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?

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

5. What does Geryon's photograph represent in “Distances”?

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

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

8. What is the primary subject of “Photographs: The Meek”?

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

10. What does Geryon take from Harrods? Why?

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