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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 urges the reader to write at least one sentence on which platform?
(a) Imdb.
(b) Facebook.
(c) Twitter.
(d) Wikipedia.

2. The narrator compares herself to what part of the body while discussing her role as a writer?
(a) An ear.
(b) An arm.
(c) A leg.
(d) A nose.

3. The philosopher revered by one of the novel's pilgrims at one point observes and interprets what sight?
(a) The line of people at the bank.
(b) The flight of birds.
(c) The feet of people rushing along the street.
(d) The hooves of horses galloping by.

4. What are the categories of television identified by the narrator when she has insomnia?
(a) Pornography, religion, violence, politics, and entertainment.
(b) Pornography, religion, violence, and politics.
(c) Pornography and religion.
(d) Pornography, religion, and violence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of trains are discussed in the vignette entitled "Trains for Cowards" (61)?

2. Once Kunicki's wife and child go missing, the locals keep repeating to Kunicki that the island is not what?

3. Another one of the pilgrims featured within Flights considers what philosophical work to be more practical than the Bible?

4. How many of the first vignettes focus on the narrator's motivations for writing?

5. In a vignette composed of only one sentence, a time change results in an hour-long flight appearing to be how long?

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