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?
Blue

Green

Yellow

Red
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?
Writing

Oil Painting

Photography

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

Eros

Fear

Captivity
5 What is Herakles’ hometown?
Miami

Hades

Buenos Aires

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

Distance

Truth

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

Emily Dickinson

Gertrude Stein

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

Innocence to Cynicism

Fear to Wonder

Life to Death
9 What is Geryon’s favorite question?
What do I think?

What is freedom?

What is time made of?

Why did Herakles kill Geryon?
10 What is a palinode?
A meaningless platitude

A preface or introduction

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

A paradox
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?
18; 22

14; 28

14; 22

12; 20
13 Who or what does Herakles attempt to liberate in Buenos Aires?
A painted carousel tiger

Geryon

Ancash

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

Angry; prideful

Gentle; understanding

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

Joy to the World

La Cumparsita

Tempo
16 What is Herakles and Ancash’s documentary ostensibly about?
Seismic activity

Emily Dickinson

South American volcanoes

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

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

A German term for human existence

Faithless
18 Which answer to the question “What is time made of?” does the yellowbeard NOT give Geryon?
It is a meaning that we impose upon motion

It is an abstraction

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

Nothing
19 What is Ancash’s answer when Geryon asks him what his name means?
He doesn’t have a chance to answer

eagle

blue

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

Sex

Blood

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?
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

He expects to be taking all of his photos outside
22 Which color is repeatedly associated with Herakles in Geryon’s perception?
Black

Gold

Red

Blue
23 Who is the “incubus” in this story, and what are they associated with?
Geryon; his monstrousness

Ancash; thwarting Geryon and Herakles’ relationship

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?
Hera struck him blind for his impiety

Helen blinded him when he liberated her

Helen blinded him because he blasphemed her

He was always a blind man
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

Heartbrokenness

Loneliness

Mourning

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