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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 comes to believe that change is different from permanence in what way?
(a) Permanence is easier than change.
(b) Change is nobler than permanence.
(c) Change is inevitable, while permanence is chosen.
(d) Permanence is nobler than change.

2. The donkey owner observes that the American tourists are different from the others in what way?
(a) They are heavier.
(b) They experience more culture shock.
(c) They are more polite.
(d) They are louder.

3. Josefine Soliman proclaims in her second letter to Francis I that what event took place just weeks ago?
(a) She gave birth to a baby girl.
(b) Her husband died.
(c) She gave birth to a baby boy.
(d) Her daughter fell ill with fever.

4. The first pilgrim featured in the narrative tells the narrator that the things he has seen are now what?
(a) Fixed in time.
(b) Spoiled.
(c) Invisible.
(d) His.

5. What are the narrator's feelings about guidebooks?
(a) Every location in them should be avoided.
(b) They are written by people who never travel.
(c) They are destructive in their overanalysis.
(d) They are helpful for young travelers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphorical object does Tokarczuk use to make a point about aberration and reality?

2. Before leaving with his caravan, the ruler stabs which character in her womb?

3. What type of beverage does the narrator invoke to describe the way in which darkness unfolds?

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

5. What motivation drives humans to travel, according to the lectures focused on travel psychology?

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