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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the awning over Harrods?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

2. What is Geryon defined as in the verse novel?
(a) As a god.
(b) As a demi-god.
(c) As a dragon.
(d) As a monster.

3. What is noted about the fruit bowl in “Fruit Bowl”?
(a) It is always filled with apples.
(b) It is always empty.
(c) It has been stolen.
(d) It is always full of water.

4. What word from “Interview (Stesichoros)” refers to a principle or set of beliefs laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true?
(a) Dogma.
(b) Himera.
(c) Epitheton.
(d) Incubus.

5. Where is Geryon going to visit in “Tunnel”?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Brazil.

6. Where do Herakles and Geryon sit with Herakles' grandmother when they return to his home in “Memory Burn”?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) On the porch.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In the attic.

7. What does Geryon ask of his mother in the end of “Tunnel”?
(a) To allow him to visit Herakles.
(b) To be kind to his sister.
(c) Not to divorce his father.
(d) Not to smoke too much.

8. What does Herakles describe Geryon saving in his dream in “Freedom"?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A little girl.
(c) A yellow bird.
(d) A red dog.

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

10. The yellowbeard suggests that doctors hide the fact that many children are born with what in “Distances”?
(a) Tails.
(b) Wings.
(c) Missing limbs.
(d) Mental defects.

11. Herakles tells Geryon he should go see the collection of what that are housed by Ancash's mother in “Roof”?
(a) Parrots.
(b) Burros.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

12. What does Geryon think that people are in “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?
(a) "Movers and shakers."
(b) "A horrific species."
(c) "Amazing beings."
(d) "Less than terrible."

13. What does Ancash see that prompts him to tell Geryon about the legend in “Eyewitnesses”?
(a) Geryon's tail.
(b) Geryon's webbed feet.
(c) Geryon's tattoo.
(d) Geryon's wings.

14. How many soldiers surround the car in “Photographs: Jeats”?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

15. What poet is being discussed in “Photographs: Jeats”?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) William Butler Yeats.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) James Joyce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Herakles and Ancash go downstairs to do in the end of “Roof”?

2. In what city is Ancash's mother's home?

3. What do Geryon and Herakles' grandmother discuss while alone in “Memory Burn”?

4. The location for the presentation in “Slopes” is described as an abandoned factory for what?

5. How is the weather described when Geryon wakes in the night in “Water”?

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