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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 is the name "Lazer" short for in the narrative?
(a) Lazerus.
(b) Lazerian.
(c) Elazerus.
(d) Eleazar.

2. What does Ancash bring to Geryon on the roof in “Eyewitnesses”?
(a) A puppy.
(b) Books.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Photographs.

3. Where is Geryon in the opening of “Harrods”?
(a) His mother's house.
(b) His hotel room.
(c) A church.
(d) A bookstore.

4. The opening sentence of “Kiss” suggests that "a healthy volcano is an exercise in" what?
(a) "The love of humanity."
(b) "The gravitational pull."
(c) "The uses of pressure."
(d) "The employment of fire."

5. What is yellowbeard's profession?
(a) He is a philosopher.
(b) He is an English teacher.
(c) He is a librarian.
(d) He is a banker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lazer claims in “Distances” that the life story of all people involves them doing what?

2. What does Ancash see that prompts him to tell Geryon about the legend in “Eyewitnesses”?

3. Where is Ancash from?

4. What have been built into the walls of the volcano that Geryon's group is going to visit in “Photographs: I Am A Beast”?

5. Where is Geryon going to visit in “Tunnel”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is foreshadowed through the discussion of lava in "AA"?

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

4. Describe Geryon's circumstances in “Tunnel.” How old is he at this point in the narrative?

5. Where in the novel does the climax occur?

6. How do the soldiers describe the volcano in “Photographs: I Am A Beast”?

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

8. What does the term “Mitwelt” refer to in this poem?

9. What memories come to Geryon in “Tango”?

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

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