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

Red

Blue

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

Geryon's mother

Herakles

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

Writing

Oil Painting

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

Eros

Fear

Flight
5 What is Herakles’ hometown?
Miami

Buenos Aires

Lima

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

Distance

Deconstructionism

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

Emily Dickinson

Stesichoros

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

Uncertainty to Certainty

Fear to Wonder

Life to Death
9 What is Geryon’s favorite question?
What is time made of?

What do I think?

Why did Herakles kill Geryon?

What is freedom?
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?
Premiere or first time

Preface or introduction

Premium or high-quality

Process
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; 22

14; 28

12; 20
13 Who or what does Herakles attempt to liberate in Buenos Aires?
Geryon

A painted carousel tiger

Ancash

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

Generous; loving

Gentle; understanding

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

Blue

La Cumparsita

Joy to the World
16 What is Herakles and Ancash’s documentary ostensibly about?
Soundscapes

South American volcanoes

Emily Dickinson

Seismic activity
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

Mocha

Faithless

A German term for an individual's social or cultural environment
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?
He doesn’t have a chance to answer

blue

eagle

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

Death

Desire

Blood
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?
Digital photography hasn’t been invented yet

He expects to be taking all of his photos outside

Color is an indispensable part of how Geryon sees the world

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

Red

Gold

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

Geryon’s brother; sexual terror and nightmares

Ancash; thwarting Geryon and Herakles’ relationship

Herakles; sexual frustration
24 Which of these conflicting narratives about Stesichoros’ blindness ISN'T offered as a possibility?
Helen blinded him when he liberated her

He was always a blind man

Hera struck him blind for his impiety

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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