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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. How many of the first vignettes focus on the narrator's motivations for writing?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. What emotion does Dr. Blau see when he looks into the man's eyes who also hopes to discover preservation secrets?
(a) Triumph.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Reluctance.

3. The narrator describes a dream in which she reads an article about how to construct what object?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A train.
(c) A nest.
(d) An airplane.

4. What part of a woman's body does the narrator compare to fingerprints in relation to uniqueness?
(a) The earlobe.
(b) The tongue.
(c) The breast.
(d) The vulva.

5. One vignette describes which people's practice of mummifying their loved ones' heads?
(a) The Amazons.
(b) The Celts.
(c) The Maori.
(d) The Zulu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the narrator's feelings about guidebooks?

2. The fact with which the narrator is most infatuated has to do with what part of the human body?

3. The narrator's first true experience with travel takes place during what period of her life?

4. The narrator states that the person at the center of "Sarira" has a body that will transform into what object upon her death?

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

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