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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 does Ancash bring to Geryon on the roof in “Eyewitnesses”?
2. Where do Herakles and Geryon sit with Herakles' grandmother when they return to his home in “Memory Burn”?
3. How old is Geryon in “Tunnel”?
4. How many people are sitting at the table in the photograph described in “Photographs: Origin of Time”?
5. Where is Geryon going to visit in “Tunnel”?
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. How do the soldiers describe the volcano in “Photographs: I Am A Beast”?
3. What does the title of the poem “Gladys” refer to?
4. What is significant about the reference to Helen in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?
5. How have Geryon's circumstances changed in Section 8?
6. What is foreshadowed through the discussion of lava in "AA"?
7. What does Geryon take from Harrods? Why?
8. What does the flour represent in “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?
9. What is significant about Geryon's job in "Freedom"?
10. What does the term “Mitwelt” refer to in this poem?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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