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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Flights" - "Boarding".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what location does Dr. Blau store all of his tissue samples and medical exhibits?
(a) The refrigerator of his home.
(b) The bathtub of his home.
(c) In the university laboratory.
(d) The basement of the university.

2. Achilles's mother dipped him into the river Styx in order to accomplish what goal?
(a) To bind him to her forever.
(b) To make him immortal.
(c) To give him the power of invisibility.
(d) To banish him from the earth.

3. The vignette entitled "Sarira" focuses on what kind of person?
(a) A nun.
(b) A stewardess.
(c) A factory worker.
(d) A sultan.

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

5. What kind of ruler buys Ruysch's collection of biological specimens?
(a) The tsar.
(b) The shah.
(c) The king.
(d) The sultan.

Short Answer Questions

1. The image of a hand on a postcard causes the narrator to fixate on what objects as she moves about the world?

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

3. When Verheyen's student imagines his teacher, he pictures him using what type of writing implement?

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. What action does the narrator urge her readers to take in relation to their lives?

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