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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 are Herakles and Ancash recording across South America in “Fast Forward”?

2. What color is discussed in the interview in “Interview (Stesichoros)”?

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

4. What is the name "Lazer" short for in the narrative?

5. What does Geryon ask of his mother in the end of “Tunnel”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is significant about Geryon's job in "Freedom"?

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

4. Who is Ancash? How is this character introduced?

5. What do Geryon and Herakles' grandmother discuss in “Memory Burn”?

6. What does Geryon take from Harrods? Why?

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

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

9. Where in the novel does the climax occur?

10. How is the setting described in “Roof”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and discuss the character of Ancash in the novel. Where does Geryon meet Ancash? How would you describe the relationship between these characters? What leads to the conflict between them?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the meaning of the word "EACH" to Geryon. Who defines this word for him and how is it defined? What meaning does this word take on as the narrative continues?

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