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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Reception Areas at Large Fancy Hotels" - "Boarding".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator remarks that she has a decided aversion to what element of life?
(a) Constancy.
(b) Esotericism.
(c) Analysis.
(d) Games.

2. Achilles's mother dipped him into the river Styx in order to accomplish what goal?
(a) To banish him from the earth.
(b) To bind him to her forever.
(c) To give him the power of invisibility.
(d) To make him immortal.

3. At what time of day do the homes of one country's citizens become small stages, according to the narrator?
(a) At dusk.
(b) At midnight.
(c) At dawn.
(d) At noon.

4. Nebojsa claims that travelers are pure because they have no time to think about what subject?
(a) Love.
(b) Death.
(c) Sex.
(d) The past.

5. In what liquid is Verheyen's amputated body part preserved?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Gin.
(c) Ether.
(d) Formaldehyde.

Short Answer Questions

1. Annushka leaves the location to which she has fled because of a statue of which figure?

2. As the narrator flips through television channels while unable to sleep, she determines that everything falls into how many categories?

3. When the narrator dreams of a huge cloud on the horizon, in what location does she find herself in the dream?

4. The words "Mobility is Reality" (226) appear in the Moscow airport within an advertisement for what product?

5. The vignette with a title that repeats one word twice uses what word in its title?

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