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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 is the hotel described where Geryon and his companions are staying in “Huaraz”?
(a) Urban.
(b) Crowded.
(c) Empty.
(d) Bustling.

2. How is the book that Geryon is reading described in “Gladys”?
(a) Poetic and flowery.
(b) Boring and historical.
(c) Post-modern.
(d) Pornographic.

3. What does Geryon recall seeing killed in “Aeroplane”?
(a) A grizzly bear.
(b) A snake.
(c) A rabid dog.
(d) A deer.

4. How is the weather described when Geryon wakes in the night in “Water”?
(a) Raining.
(b) Amid a dust storm.
(c) Dry and windy.
(d) Snowing.

5. Lazer claims in “Distances” that the life story of all people involves them doing what?
(a) Clmbing a mountain.
(b) Swimming in the ocean.
(c) Walking in a forest.
(d) Walking on a beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Geryon encounter Ancash after leaving his hotel room in “Photographs: Like and Not Like”?

2. Where are Herakles and Geryon going in the beginning of “Memory Burn”?

3. Who falls asleep on the way to the volcano in “AA”?

4. What does Ancash see that prompts him to tell Geryon about the legend in “Eyewitnesses”?

5. What color is discussed in the interview in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where in the novel does the climax occur?

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

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

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

6. What does Geryon take from Harrods? Why?

7. How have Geryon's circumstances changed in Section 8?

8. Who is Lazer? How is his character introduced?

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

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

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