1 Faber acknowledges that the manmade world is imperfect. This is revealed with the plane at La Guardia through a tornado foehn winds a snowstorm a propeller breakdown 2 When Faber's train is traveling from Campeche to Palenque it is delayed because of derailment engine problems a storm buffalo 3 The phrase "Les traces d'une Nash," said by Marcel, leads Faber to cross the river fly to Houston acknowledge his illness meet Ivy 4 The broken shaver in Faber's apartment allows Faber to receive a telegram a visitor a letter a phone call 5 On Faber's first trip, La Guardia Airport is visited. The death motif associated with this place is: a mask of death a palm reading newspaper headlines grave mounds 6 On Faber's first trip through a Texas airport, the death motif associated with this place is: the River Styx newspaper headlines the Other World a mask of death 7 The death motif associated with the Mexican desert Taumalipas is: buffalo eclipse of the moon beetles/maggots none of the above 8 The death motif associated with Palenque is: a rocking chair a xylophone newspaper headlines butterflies 9 The death motif associated with Rio Usumancinta is: beetles/maggots butterflies zopilotes grave mounds 10 The death motif associated with the tobacco plantation is: the River Styx a rocking chair Joachim's hanging buffalo 11 What three things are feared by Faber simply because he, as a technocrat, cannot control them? (These were listed by Marcel.) death/society/nature nature/females/death greed/death/society none of the above 12 "Professor O." is never fully identified. The "O" might well refer to Orpheus and/or Olympus Orcus and/or Osiris Oracle and/or Olympia Orion and/or Olympus 13 Two superstitious omens of misfortune surrounding the Avignon, France episode are Sleeping Erinys/Birth of Venus Sarcophagus/Grave mound Rocking chair/Films The date (13th)/Lunar eclipse 14 In Cuba, the entire episode revolves around a world filled with characters symbolizing "youth." Two characters who represent "youth" in Cuba are: Juana/shoeshine boy young technician/Hardy Sabeth/Juana Hardy/truck driver 15 In the Cuba scene, the phrases "Romeo y Julieta," "Castello Morro" and "Partagas" refer to prostitutes streets lovers cigars 16 In Cuba, Faber spends much of his time in a rocking chair. This chair is colored green white yellow black 17 "I can't bear being unshaven." This line is spoken by Hardy Joachim Faber Armin 18 "It's all over. I had said 'your child,' instead of 'our child.' That was why she could not forgive me." These lines are spoken by Joachim Hanna Professor O. Faber 19 "His face was no longer a face, but a skull with skin over it. He laughed...He laughed...He kept on laughing." These lines refer to Professor O. Joachim Marcel the French waiter 20 "He only grins...I love him. His teeth...His young skin..." These lines are said by Faber and refer to Sabeth's boyfriend a French waiter Joachim a shoeshine boy 21 Hanna says, "It was simply wonderful to walk through the world with <u>him</u>." "I never really noticed <u>him</u>," said Faber. "But <u>he</u> noticed you," said Hanna. In these lines, the <u>he</u> and the <u>him</u> refer to Armin Hardy Joachim a shoeshine boy 22 When Faber dreams about Las Vegas, the symbolism is that Las Vegas represents a place with no beginning and no end--it has eternal life. represents a place of money without poverty represents a place of sin without guilt all of the above 23 Faber is constantly peeling or eating apples. This is a subtle reference to the theme of "original sin" Greek myths of life technology none of the above 24 When Faber "hid behind the bolted door of a toilet" he was in Houston Rome New York City Athens 25 When Faber says, "I walked like a man being led out of jail into the courtroom," he was in Houston and being led by a stewardess a shoeshine boy Juana a French waiter
