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?
Yellow

Blue

Green

Red
2 Whose emotional failure does the empty fruit bowl signify?
Geryon

Geryon's brother

Geryon's mother

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?
Captivity

Eros

Fear

Flight
5 What is Herakles’ hometown?
Miami

Lima

Buenos Aires

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

Religion

Deconstructionism

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

Gertrude Stein

Sappho

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

Life to Death

Fear to Wonder

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

What do I think?

What is freedom?

Why did Herakles kill Geryon?
10 What is a palinode?
A preface or introduction

A paradox

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

A meaningless platitude
11 What does proemium mean?
Premium or high-quality

Process

Premiere or first time

Preface or introduction
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

18; 22

14; 28

14; 22
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?
Gentle; understanding

Angry; prideful

Dismissive; frustrated

Generous; loving
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

Seismic activity

Soundscapes

South American volcanoes
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 human existence

Faithless

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

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

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

Nothing

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

blue

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

Death

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 expects to be taking all of his photos outside

Digital photography hasn’t been invented yet

He is motivated by a desire for self-expression
22 Which color is repeatedly associated with Herakles in Geryon’s perception?
Black

Red

Blue

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

Herakles; sexual frustration

Ancash; thwarting Geryon and Herakles’ relationship

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 because he blasphemed her

Helen blinded him when he liberated 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 ______.”
Heartbrokenness

Loneliness

Wrong love

Mourning

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