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?
Green

Yellow

Red

Blue
2 Whose emotional failure does the empty fruit bowl signify?
Geryon's mother

Geryon's brother

Geryon

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

Writing

Oil Painting

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

Eros

Flight

Captivity
5 What is Herakles’ hometown?
Hades

Lima

Buenos Aires

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

Truth

Deconstructionism

Distance
7 Which poet’s work is not influential for Autobiography of Red?
Emily Dickinson

Gertrude Stein

Stesichoros

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

Fear to Wonder

Life to Death

Innocence to Cynicism
9 What is Geryon’s favorite question?
What do I think?

What is freedom?

Why did Herakles kill Geryon?

What is time made of?
10 What is a palinode?
A paradox

A “counter song”: saying the opposite of what you said before

A preface or introduction

A meaningless platitude
11 What does proemium mean?
Process

Premium or high-quality

Preface or introduction

Premiere or first time
12 At what age does Geryon fall in love with Herakles, and at what age do they encounter each other again in Buenos Aires?
14; 22

18; 22

14; 28

12; 20
13 Who or what does Herakles attempt to liberate in Buenos Aires?
Geryon

A painted carousel tiger

Ancash

Himself
14 What best describes Herakles’ attitude towards Geryon’s emotionality during sex?
Gentle; understanding

Generous; loving

Angry; prideful

Dismissive; frustrated
15 What is Herakles and Geryon’s song?
Blue

La Cumparsita

Joy to the World

Tempo
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?
Faithless

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

A German term for human existence

Mocha
18 Which answer to the question “What is time made of?” does the yellowbeard NOT give Geryon?
The fourth dimension of reality, where the other three dimensions are spatial

Nothing

It is a meaning that we impose upon motion

It is an abstraction
19 What is Ancash’s answer when Geryon asks him what his name means?
blue

eagle

He doesn’t have a chance to answer

light, of little weight
20 What is the image of “a poppy in a breeze” NOT associated with in Autobiography of Red?
Death

Blood

Sex

Desire
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 is motivated by a desire for self-expression

He expects to be taking all of his photos outside

Digital photography hasn’t been invented yet

Color is an indispensable part of how Geryon sees the world
22 Which color is repeatedly associated with Herakles in Geryon’s perception?
Red

Gold

Black

Blue
23 Who is the “incubus” in this story, and what are they associated with?
Ancash; thwarting Geryon and Herakles’ relationship

Geryon; his monstrousness

Herakles; sexual frustration

Geryon’s brother; sexual terror and nightmares
24 Which of these conflicting narratives about Stesichoros’ blindness ISN'T offered as a possibility?
He was always a blind man

Hera struck him blind for his impiety

Helen blinded him because he blasphemed her

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

Mourning

Loneliness

Heartbrokenness

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