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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. What color is discussed in the interview in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?
2. Ancash's mother claims that the coffee is infused with what in “Huaraz”?
3. The opening sentence of “Kiss” suggests that "a healthy volcano is an exercise in" what?
4. In what city is Ancash's mother's home?
5. What does Geryon think that people are in “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the setting described in “Huaraz”?
2. What is significant about the yellowbeard in Autobiography of Red?
3. How is volcano imagery employed in “Kiss”?
4. How is the setting described in “Roof”?
5. What does Geryon take from Harrods? Why?
6. How have Geryon's circumstances changed in Section 8?
7. What do Geryon and Herakles' grandmother discuss in “Memory Burn”?
8. What does the title of the poem “Gladys” refer to?
9. What does the flour represent in “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?
10. Where in the novel does the climax occur?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the story of Stesichoros being blinded by Helen of Troy. What caused Helen to blind Stesichoros? How did Stesichoros reverse his fate? What arguments are made regarding this story in Autobiography of Red?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's allusions to Gertrude Stein and to Homer in Autobiography of Red. How are these authors compared to Stesichoros? In what way have these authors innovated literature and/or poetry? What is said about the power of words in Stein's quote in the beginning of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the narrative style of the main story in Autobiography of Red. From what point of view is the story related? Is the narrator omniscient or limited in perspective? How do each of these choices impact the story?
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