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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The woman with the red suitcase makes several trips to what country?
(a) Poland.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Thailand.

2. One vignette focuses on a ruler from Istanbul who rounds up what kinds of stray animals and puts them on an island?
(a) Cats.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Parrots.
(d) Dogs.

3. The vignette entitled "30,000 Guilders" takes place in what century?
(a) The 15th.
(b) The 18th.
(c) The 17th.
(d) The 16th.

4. The woman with the red suitcase is traveling to see her ex-lover from what period of time?
(a) Her teaching years.
(b) Her college years.
(c) Her high school years.
(d) Her thirties.

5. Philip Verheyen was a real person from history who held what position?
(a) Astrophysicist.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Congressman.
(d) Astronaut.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator gives a ride to a young man named Nebojsa who tells her what kinds of stories?

2. Annushka leaves the location to which she has fled because of a statue of which figure?

3. Achilles's mother dipped him into the river Styx in order to accomplish what goal?

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

5. Kunstkammer is the word for "cabinet of curiosities" (267) in what language?

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