Friday, February 17, 2023

Srikanth Reddy

Poet Srikanth Reddy reads from and discusses his work during a Bagley Wright Lecture Series event hosted by the Poetry and Literature Center, September 10, 2015. Photo by Shawn Miller.



fromUnderworld Lit

XXIII

Read each question and circle the least incorrect option. Remain quietly seated when you are done.


1) The entrance to the Mayan underworld is located in  _____________.

      A. An underwater cave system in Bolivia
      B. The dark rift in the Milky Way
      C. A locked vault in the back office of the United Fruit Company
      D. All of the above


2) The sun god Ra journeys toward the third hour of the night on a  _____________.

      A. Funeral boat
      B. Serpent boat
      C. One-eyed boat
      D. Boat towed by jackals


3) The hero’s companion in the Epic of Gilgamesh dies of  _____________.

      A. Vehicle rollover
      B. Friendly fire
      C. Superficial spreading malignant melanoma
      D. Irrelevant question


4) The first large-scale multiple choice assessment was administered by  _____________.

      A. The Hindu god of death
      B. Jacques Derrida
      C. The United States Army
      D. All of the below
















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