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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 is the name "Lazer" short for in the narrative?
(a) Lazerian.
(b) Eleazar.
(c) Elazerus.
(d) Lazerus.
2. How is the book that Geryon is reading described in “Gladys”?
(a) Boring and historical.
(b) Pornographic.
(c) Poetic and flowery.
(d) Post-modern.
3. What do Geryon and Herakles' grandmother discuss while alone in “Memory Burn”?
(a) Her photograph.
(b) His brother.
(c) The road to the mountains.
(d) The state of crime in the region.
4. What have been built into the walls of the volcano that Geryon's group is going to visit in “Photographs: I Am A Beast”?
(a) Weather vanes.
(b) Explosive devices.
(c) Bakeries.
(d) Steel drums.
5. Herakles tells Geryon he should go see the collection of what that are housed by Ancash's mother in “Roof”?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Burros.
(d) Parrots.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does Geryon recall doing a science project in “Mitwelt”?
2. How is the hotel described where Geryon and his companions are staying in “Huaraz”?
3. The beginning of “Kiss” finds Geryon contemplating the "cracks and fissures of" what?
4. “Mitwelt” opens with a sentence that states that "there is no person without" what?
5. What does Geryon do when he returns to his hotel in “Distances”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about the name of the volcano that Geryon goes to visit with Ancash, his mother, and Herakles?
2. What is the central conflict in “Photographs: Like and Not Like”?
3. What does the flour represent in “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?
4. What does the title of the poem “Gladys” refer to?
5. What is the primary subject of “Photographs: The Meek”?
6. Who is Ancash? How is this character introduced?
7. What does the term “Mitwelt” refer to in this poem?
8. What does Geryon take from Harrods? Why?
9. Where in the novel does the climax occur?
10. What is suggested by the flushed cheeks of the passengers on the plane in “Gladys”?
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