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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Toward what types of things has the narrator always been drawn?
(a) False.
(b) Mysterious.
(c) Shiny.
(d) Broken.

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

3. Before leaving with his caravan, the ruler stabs which character in her womb?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His sister.

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

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

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

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

8. The narrator compares herself to what part of the body while discussing her role as a writer?
(a) An ear.
(b) An arm.
(c) A leg.
(d) A nose.

9. The narrator deems her friend who does not like to travel alone to be a bad what?
(a) Liar.
(b) Person.
(c) Date.
(d) Pilgrim.

10. Another one of the pilgrims featured within Flights considers what philosophical work to be more practical than the Bible?
(a) A work by Nietzsche.
(b) A work by Descartes.
(c) A work by Hobbes.
(d) A work by Cioran.

11. The first pilgrim featured in the narrative tells the narrator that the things he has seen are now what?
(a) His.
(b) Spoiled.
(c) Fixed in time.
(d) Invisible.

12. The locals on the island visited by Kunicki's family produce their own what?
(a) Silk.
(b) Wine.
(c) Textiles.
(d) Beef.

13. What type of trains are discussed in the vignette entitled "Trains for Cowards" (61)?
(a) International trains.
(b) Freight trains.
(c) Night trains.
(d) Trains of thought.

14. Josefine Solomon's letter is addressed to "Francis, Emperor of" (165) what country?
(a) Germany.
(b) Italy.
(c) Austria.
(d) Japan.

15. One of the vignettes focuses on a poet who works in what capacity?
(a) As a travel guide.
(b) As a doctor.
(c) As a judge.
(d) As a chef.

Short Answer Questions

1. The university attended by the narrator had previously served as an outpost for what group?

2. One vignette focuses on a ruler from Istanbul who rounds up what kinds of stray animals and puts them on an island?

3. The donkey owner observes that the American tourists are different from the others in what way?

4. The philosopher revered by one of the novel's pilgrims at one point observes and interprets what sight?

5. How does Aleksandra describe God to the narrator?

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