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

Geryon's mother

Geryon's brother

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

Writing

Sculpture

Oil Painting
4 What is the “theme” of Geryon’s street art in Herakles’ words?
Eros

Flight

Captivity

Fear
5 What is Herakles’ hometown?
Buenos Aires

Lima

Hades

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

Deconstructionism

Distance

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

Stesichoros

Emily Dickinson

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

Innocence to Cynicism

Fear to Wonder

Uncertainty to Certainty
9 What is Geryon’s favorite question?
Why did Herakles kill Geryon?

What do I think?

What is time made of?

What is freedom?
10 What is a palinode?
A “counter song”: saying the opposite of what you said before

A paradox

A preface or introduction

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?
Himself

A painted carousel tiger

Ancash

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

Angry; prideful

Dismissive; frustrated

Gentle; understanding
15 What is Herakles and Geryon’s song?
Blue

Tempo

Joy to the World

La Cumparsita
16 What is Herakles and Ancash’s documentary ostensibly about?
Soundscapes

Seismic activity

South American volcanoes

Emily Dickinson
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

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

Faithless

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

It is a meaning that we impose upon motion

Nothing

The fourth dimension of reality, where the other three dimensions are spatial
19 What is Ancash’s answer when Geryon asks him what his name means?
eagle

He doesn’t have a chance to answer

light, of little weight

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

Sex

Death

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

Color is an indispensable part of how Geryon sees the world

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?
Blue

Red

Black

Gold
23 Who is the “incubus” in this story, and what are they associated with?
Geryon’s brother; sexual terror and nightmares

Herakles; sexual frustration

Geryon; his monstrousness

Ancash; thwarting Geryon and Herakles’ relationship
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

He was always a blind man

Helen blinded him because he blasphemed 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 ______.”
Mourning

Heartbrokenness

Wrong love

Loneliness

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