1 Faber acknowledges that the manmade world is imperfect. This is revealed with the plane at La Guardia through a tornado a snowstorm a propeller breakdown foehn winds 2 When Faber's train is traveling from Campeche to Palenque it is delayed because of derailment buffalo engine problems a storm 3 The phrase "Les traces d'une Nash," said by Marcel, leads Faber to meet Ivy fly to Houston acknowledge his illness cross the river 4 The broken shaver in Faber's apartment allows Faber to receive a visitor a telegram a letter a phone call 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: newspaper headlines the River Styx the Other World a mask of death 7 The death motif associated with the Mexican desert Taumalipas is: eclipse of the moon beetles/maggots buffalo none of the above 8 The death motif associated with Palenque is: a rocking chair newspaper headlines butterflies a xylophone 9 The death motif associated with Rio Usumancinta is: beetles/maggots butterflies grave mounds zopilotes 10 The death motif associated with the tobacco plantation is: Joachim's hanging the River Styx a rocking chair buffalo 11 What three things are feared by Faber simply because he, as a technocrat, cannot control them? (These were listed by Marcel.) death/society/nature nature/females/death greed/death/society none of the above 12 "Professor O." is never fully identified. The "O" might well refer to Orpheus and/or Olympus Orcus and/or Osiris Oracle and/or Olympia Orion and/or Olympus 13 Two superstitious omens of misfortune surrounding the Avignon, France episode are Rocking chair/Films Sarcophagus/Grave mound Sleeping Erinys/Birth of Venus The date (13th)/Lunar eclipse 14 In Cuba, the entire episode revolves around a world filled with characters symbolizing "youth." Two characters who represent "youth" in Cuba are: Sabeth/Juana young technician/Hardy Juana/shoeshine boy Hardy/truck driver 15 In the Cuba scene, the phrases "Romeo y Julieta," "Castello Morro" and "Partagas" refer to prostitutes streets lovers cigars 16 In Cuba, Faber spends much of his time in a rocking chair. This chair is colored yellow green black white 17 "I can't bear being unshaven." This line is spoken by Hardy Armin Joachim Faber 18 "It's all over. I had said 'your child,' instead of 'our child.' That was why she could not forgive me." These lines are spoken by Professor O. Joachim Faber Hanna 19 "His face was no longer a face, but a skull with skin over it. He laughed...He laughed...He kept on laughing." These lines refer to Joachim Professor O. the French waiter Marcel 20 "He only grins...I love him. His teeth...His young skin..." These lines are said by Faber and refer to a French waiter Joachim Sabeth's boyfriend a shoeshine boy 21 Hanna says, "It was simply wonderful to walk through the world with <u>him</u>." "I never really noticed <u>him</u>," said Faber. "But <u>he</u> noticed you," said Hanna. In these lines, the <u>he</u> and the <u>him</u> refer to Armin Hardy Joachim a shoeshine boy 22 When Faber dreams about Las Vegas, the symbolism is that Las Vegas represents a place of money without poverty represents a place with no beginning and no end--it has eternal life. represents a place of sin without guilt all of the above 23 Faber is constantly peeling or eating apples. This is a subtle reference to the theme of "original sin" technology Greek myths of life none of the above 24 When Faber "hid behind the bolted door of a toilet" he was in Rome Athens New York City Houston 25 When Faber says, "I walked like a man being led out of jail into the courtroom," he was in Houston and being led by a French waiter Juana a stewardess a shoeshine boy
