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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. Where are Geryon and Herakles in the beginning of “Fast Forward”?
(a) The Cafe Antwerp.
(b) The Cafe Renoir.
(c) The Cafe Alton.
(d) The Cafe Mitwelt.

2. Where is Ancash from?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Peru.

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

4. What is the name "Lazer" short for in the narrative?
(a) Lazerian.
(b) Elazerus.
(c) Eleazar.
(d) Lazerus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Geryon recall his brother doing after he's come home from a dance in “Tango”?

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

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

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

5. What is described in the photograph in the opening line of “Photographs: The Meek”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Geryon take from Harrods? Why?

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

3. What does the title of the poem “Gladys” refer to?

4. What does the term “Mitwelt” refer to in this poem?

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

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

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

8. What is suggested by the flushed cheeks of the passengers on the plane in “Gladys”?

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

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

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