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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. During one of the narrator's journeys, she watches what kind of after-dinner entertainment?
(a) A magician.
(b) Belly dancing.
(c) An acrobatic routine.
(d) A hypnotist.

2. Another one of the pilgrims featured within Flights considers what philosophical work to be more practical than the Bible?
(a) A work by Cioran.
(b) A work by Descartes.
(c) A work by Nietzsche.
(d) A work by Hobbes.

3. The locals on the island visited by Kunicki's family produce their own what?
(a) Textiles.
(b) Wine.
(c) Silk.
(d) Beef.

4. When the narrator dreams of a huge cloud on the horizon, in what location does she find herself in the dream?
(a) Aruba.
(b) My Lai.
(c) Tahiti.
(d) Bikini Island.

5. What object is used to symbolize the tendency of certain people to seek life improvement through travel?
(a) An egg timer.
(b) A lottery ticket.
(c) A pair of dice.
(d) A poker hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. One vignette describes which people's practice of mummifying their loved ones' heads?

2. When the narrator attends the lecture about travel psychology, what does she conclude about its length?

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

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

5. The narrator comes to believe that change is different from permanence in what way?

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