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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Citizens of the World, Pick Up Your Pens!"- "Sarira".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of beverage does the narrator invoke to describe the way in which darkness unfolds?
(a) Milk.
(b) Water.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Juice.

2. The after-dinner entertainment causes what reaction in the narrator and her companion?
(a) They laugh.
(b) They cry.
(c) They faint.
(d) They scream.

3. The sanskrit Kali Yuga refers to which cycle of the world?
(a) The final cycle.
(b) The endless cycle.
(c) The first cycle.
(d) The end of the cycle.

4. How does Aleksandra describe God to the narrator?
(a) As an animal.
(b) As a tyrant.
(c) As an artist.
(d) As a creator.

5. What type of receptacle is featured in the vignette about the collection of oddities?
(a) A sink.
(b) A bucket.
(c) A cabinet.
(d) A cupboard.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes a dream in which she reads an article about how to construct what object?

2. Toward what types of things has the narrator always been drawn?

3. The narrator compares herself to what part of the body while discussing her role as a writer?

4. During one of the narrator's journeys, she watches what kind of after-dinner entertainment?

5. What book does Erik read again and again while he is in prison?

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