The Autobiography of Red Quizzes

The Autobiography of Red Quiz 1

1 What color does Herakles dream of Geryon being, proving he doesn’t know Geryon at all?

Red

Blue

Green

Yellow
2 Whose emotional failure does the empty fruit bowl signify?

Geryon's brother

Geryon's mother

Geryon

Herakles
3 Which artistic medium was not a mode of expression for Geryon’s autobiography?

Sculpture

Writing

Photography

Oil Painting
4 What is the “theme” of Geryon’s street art in Herakles’ words?

Eros

Captivity

Flight

Fear
5 What is Herakles’ hometown?

Buenos Aires

Miami

Lima

Hades
6 What is the main topic of conversation between the philosopher Lazer and Geryon?

Religion

Truth

Distance

Deconstructionism
7 Which poet’s work is not influential for Autobiography of Red?

Gertrude Stein

Sappho

Stesichoros

Emily Dickinson
8 Which transition does Geryon try to capture in his photograph “If He Sleep He Shall Do Well”?

Life to Death

Fear to Wonder

Innocence to Cynicism

Uncertainty to Certainty
9 What is Geryon’s favorite question?

What is time made of?

What do I think?

Why did Herakles kill Geryon?

What is freedom?
10 What is a palinode?

A preface or introduction

A paradox

A meaningless platitude

A “counter song”: saying the opposite of what you said before
11 What does proemium mean?

Preface or introduction

Process

Premiere or first time

Premium or high-quality
12 At what age does Geryon fall in love with Herakles, and at what age do they encounter each other again in Buenos Aires?

12; 20

14; 28

14; 22

18; 22
13 Who or what does Herakles attempt to liberate in Buenos Aires?

Geryon

Himself

A painted carousel tiger

Ancash
14 What best describes Herakles’ attitude towards Geryon’s emotionality during sex?

Angry; prideful

Dismissive; frustrated

Generous; loving

Gentle; understanding
15 What is Herakles and Geryon’s song?

Joy to the World

Tempo

Blue

La Cumparsita
16 What is Herakles and Ancash’s documentary ostensibly about?

Emily Dickinson

Soundscapes

South American volcanoes

Seismic activity
17 What is the meaning of “Mitwelt” in “Café Mitwelt,” where Geryon writes postcards from Buenos Aires with scraps of Heidegger on them?

A German term for an individual's social or cultural environment

A German term for human existence

Faithless

Mocha
18 Which answer to the question “What is time made of?” does the yellowbeard NOT give Geryon?

It is an abstraction

Nothing

The fourth dimension of reality, where the other three dimensions are spatial

It is a meaning that we impose upon motion
19 What is Ancash’s answer when Geryon asks him what his name means?

light, of little weight

He doesn’t have a chance to answer

eagle

blue
20 What is the image of “a poppy in a breeze” NOT associated with in Autobiography of Red?

Blood

Death

Desire

Sex
21 Which is NOT an assumption we can make from the detail that Geryon is packing “six boxes of DX 100 color film” for his trip to Buenos Aires?

He expects to be taking all of his photos outside

Color is an indispensable part of how Geryon sees the world

He is motivated by a desire for self-expression

Digital photography hasn’t been invented yet
22 Which color is repeatedly associated with Herakles in Geryon’s perception?

Blue

Red

Black

Gold
23 Who is the “incubus” in this story, and what are they associated with?

Geryon; his monstrousness

Geryon’s brother; sexual terror and nightmares

Herakles; sexual frustration

Ancash; thwarting Geryon and Herakles’ relationship
24 Which of these conflicting narratives about Stesichoros’ blindness ISN'T offered as a possibility?

He was always a blind man

Helen blinded him because he blasphemed her

Hera struck him blind for his impiety

Helen blinded him when he liberated her
25 Fill in the blank of this oft-quoted sentence about Geryon’s heartbreak: “Geryon’s/whole body formed one arch of a cry—upcast to that custom, the human custom/of ______.”

Wrong love

Loneliness

Heartbrokenness

Mourning

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