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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Reception Areas at Large Fancy Hotels" - "Boarding".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As the narrator flips through television channels while unable to sleep, she determines that everything falls into how many categories?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. Kairos is the Greek god of what element?
(a) Opportunity.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Satisfaction.
(d) Sleep.

4. In Josefine Soliman's final letter to Francis I, she accuses him of what transgression?
(a) Playing God.
(b) Welshing on a bet.
(c) Apologizing insincerely.
(d) Lying.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the vignette entitled "Godzone," a woman from what country packs her red suitcase?

2. Who notices during their visits that Verheyen is becoming increasingly obsessed with his amputated body part?

3. It is revealed that Verheyen's loss of a body part had been caused by what object?

4. What type of receptacle is featured in the vignette about the collection of oddities?

5. In what vignette does the narrator reject many different cities as being too far away or too close?

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