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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. What are Herakles and Ancash recording across South America in “Fast Forward”?
(a) Animals.
(b) Volcanoes.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Ordinary people.

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

3. When he is in the bookstore, Geryon is distracted by a man playing games outside with what in “Kiss”?
(a) A child.
(b) A dog.
(c) A bird.
(d) A cat.

4. What does Geryon create for Ancash in “Photographs: *1748”?
(a) A painting of a mountain.
(b) A bracelet of rope.
(c) A sculpture made of clay.
(d) A picture of him flying.

5. What kind of books is Geryon reading in the beginning of “Kiss”?
(a) Philosophy books.
(b) History books.
(c) Literary books.
(d) Poetry books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from “Interview (Stesichoros)” refers to a principle or set of beliefs laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true?

2. What is yellowbeard's profession?

3. How do Geryon and the yellowbeard travel to the space for the presentation in “Slopes”?

4. How many people are sitting at the table in the photograph described in “Photographs: Origin of Time”?

5. What does Geryon think that people are in “The Flashes in Which A Man Possesses Himself”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Geryon take from Harrods? Why?

4. What is the central conflict in “Photographs: Like and Not Like”?

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

6. Where in the novel does the climax occur?

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

8. How does Geryon feel about his circumstances while traveling in “Aeroplane”?

9. What is significant about the yellowbeard in Autobiography of Red?

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

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