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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator claims that when a beached whale is saved and is sent to a particular country, its fate is what?
(a) To die alone.
(b) To live in an aquarium.
(c) To have its blubber harvested.
(d) To be turned into dog food.

3. What service does the woman with the red suitcase perform for her ex-lover when she visits him?
(a) She assists him with suicide.
(b) She makes him dinner.
(c) She organizes his medicine cabinet.
(d) She satisfies him sexually.

4. The Day of the Dead is a festival that lasts for what length of time?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 1 afternoon.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 3 days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is depicted when the vignette first joins Philip Verheyen?

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

3. The vignettes mentioning Menchu focuses on what type of ruler?

4. In what liquid is Verheyen's amputated body part preserved?

5. In what location does Dr. Blau store all of his tissue samples and medical exhibits?

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