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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Citizens of the World, Pick Up Your Pens!"- "Sarira".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states that the person at the center of "Sarira" has a body that will transform into what object upon her death?
(a) A shard of glass.
(b) A grain of sand.
(c) A block of wood.
(d) A musical note.

2. How does the narrator view the locations in which she has been hurt?
(a) She longs to settle in them.
(b) She obsesses over them.
(c) She makes a point of creating happy memories in them.
(d) She blocks them out of her memory.

3. The narrator states that darkness causes her to feel like taking what action?
(a) Exploring.
(b) Running.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Leaving.

4. As a child, the narrator had dreamt of one day becoming what?
(a) A train.
(b) A boat.
(c) A tugboat captain.
(d) An engineer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of a woman's body does the narrator compare to fingerprints in relation to uniqueness?

2. One of the vignettes focuses on a poet who works in what capacity?

3. The sanskrit Kali Yuga refers to which cycle of the world?

4. What book does Erik read again and again while he is in prison?

5. Toward what types of things has the narrator always been drawn?

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