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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the vignette entitled "Godzone," a woman from what country packs her red suitcase?
(a) Japan.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Australia.
(d) Myanmar.

2. Who notices during their visits that Verheyen is becoming increasingly obsessed with his amputated body part?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Professor Ruysch.
(c) Van Horssen.
(d) The narrator.

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

4. The narrator explains that the airport in which city is shaped like a computer chip?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) San Francisco.

5. The narrator proclaims that "seeing means" (182) what?
(a) Accepting.
(b) Craving.
(c) Believing.
(d) Knowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The after-dinner entertainment causes what reaction in the narrator and her companion?

2. The narrator laments the plights of people who speak what language as their native tongue?

3. Captain James Cook's search for a mysterious island is depicted as taking place in what year?

4. The narrator states that the view from any point between that of the frog and the bird "just leads to" (178) what?

5. The vignette entitled "30,000 Guilders" takes place in what century?

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