Homo Faber Quizzes

Homo Faber Quiz 1

1 Faber acknowledges that the manmade world is imperfect. This is revealed with the plane at La Guardia through
a tornado

a propeller breakdown

foehn winds

a snowstorm
2 When Faber's train is traveling from Campeche to Palenque it is delayed because of
engine problems

derailment

buffalo

a storm
3 The phrase "Les traces d'une Nash," said by Marcel, leads Faber to
cross the river

meet Ivy

fly to Houston

acknowledge his illness
4 The broken shaver in Faber's apartment allows Faber to receive
a visitor

a phone call

a letter

a telegram
5 On Faber's first trip, La Guardia Airport is visited. The death motif associated with this place is:
grave mounds

a palm reading

newspaper headlines

a mask of death
6 On Faber's first trip through a Texas airport, the death motif associated with this place is:
the Other World

newspaper headlines

the River Styx

a mask of death
7 The death motif associated with the Mexican desert Taumalipas is:
eclipse of the moon

buffalo

beetles/maggots

none of the above
8 The death motif associated with Palenque is:
a rocking chair

butterflies

newspaper headlines

a xylophone
9 The death motif associated with Rio Usumancinta is:
zopilotes

butterflies

beetles/maggots

grave mounds
10 The death motif associated with the tobacco plantation is:
a rocking chair

Joachim's hanging

the River Styx

buffalo
11 What three things are feared by Faber simply because he, as a technocrat, cannot control them? (These were listed by Marcel.)
greed/death/society

nature/females/death

death/society/nature

none of the above
12 "Professor O." is never fully identified. The "O" might well refer to
Orion and/or Olympus

Orcus and/or Osiris

Orpheus and/or Olympus

Oracle and/or Olympia
13 Two superstitious omens of misfortune surrounding the Avignon, France episode are
Sleeping Erinys/Birth of Venus

Sarcophagus/Grave mound

The date (13th)/Lunar eclipse

Rocking chair/Films
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

Hardy/truck driver

young technician/Hardy

Sabeth/Juana
15 In the Cuba scene, the phrases "Romeo y Julieta," "Castello Morro" and "Partagas" refer to
lovers

streets

prostitutes

cigars
16 In Cuba, Faber spends much of his time in a rocking chair. This chair is colored
black

green

white

yellow
17 "I can't bear being unshaven." This line is spoken by
Armin

Joachim

Faber

Hardy
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
Hanna

Joachim

Faber

Professor O.
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
the French waiter

Professor O.

Joachim

Marcel
20 "He only grins...I love him. His teeth...His young skin..." These lines are said by Faber and refer to
a French waiter

a shoeshine boy

Sabeth's boyfriend

Joachim
21 Hanna says, "It was simply wonderful to walk through the world with him." "I never really noticed him," said Faber. "But he noticed you," said Hanna. In these lines, the he and the him refer to
Joachim

Armin

a shoeshine boy

Hardy
22 When Faber dreams about Las Vegas, the symbolism is that Las Vegas
represents a place of sin without guilt

represents a place with no beginning and no end--it has eternal life.

represents a place of money without poverty

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
Athens

New York City

Houston

Rome
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

Juana

a shoeshine boy

a French waiter

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