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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Geryon ask of his mother in the end of “Tunnel”?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where in the novel does the climax occur?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of Geryon's dog in the novel. How is the dog described? In what poems does the dog appear? What statement is made regarding the dog in the final interview at the end of the book? What do you think is meant by this statement?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of the color red that appears throughout the novel. What does this color represent to Geryon and the other characters in the story? What does red represent to you? What themes does the color connect to in Autobiography of Red?

Essay Topic 3

Where does Geryon get a job when he becomes an adult? What is metaphorically significant about this job? What does the job foreshadow? How does irony apply to Geryon's job?

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