Homo Faber Study Guide

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

• foehn winds
• a snowstorm
• a propeller breakdown
• a tornado

2. When Faber's train is traveling from Campeche to Palenque it is delayed because of

• engine problems
• a storm
• buffalo
• derailment

3. The phrase "Les traces d'une Nash," said by Marcel, leads Faber to

• fly to Houston
• meet Ivy
• acknowledge his illness
• cross the river

4. The broken shaver in Faber's apartment allows Faber to receive

• a telegram
• a phone call
• a letter
• a visitor

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

• grave mounds
• a palm reading
• a mask of death
• newspaper headlines

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

• a mask of death
• the River Styx
• newspaper headlines
• the Other World

7. The death motif associated with the Mexican desert Taumalipas is:

• beetles/maggots
• buffalo
• eclipse of the moon
• none of the above

8. The death motif associated with Palenque is:

• butterflies
• newspaper headlines
• a rocking chair
• a xylophone

9. The death motif associated with Rio Usumancinta is:

• butterflies
• grave mounds
• beetles/maggots
• zopilotes

10. The death motif associated with the tobacco plantation is:

• Joachim's hanging
• the River Styx
• buffalo
• a rocking chair