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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. In which direction does the narrator's plane fly in the vignette entitled "Irkutsk-Moscow" (225)?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) West.

2. The narrator repeats again and again that each of her "pilgrimages aims at some other" (266) what?
(a) Pilgrim.
(b) Reality.
(c) World.
(d) Goal.

3. What year is depicted when the vignette first joins Philip Verheyen?
(a) 1689.
(b) 1779.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1493.

4. Dreams of what phenomena continually plague Kunicki in the novel's later vignettes?
(a) A typhoon.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A flood.
(d) An earthquake.

5. What kind of ruler buys Ruysch's collection of biological specimens?
(a) The sultan.
(b) The shah.
(c) The king.
(d) The tsar.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Flight's vignettes sees the narrator judging a friend of hers who hates to travel in what manner?

2. What part of the composer's body does his sister smuggle within her skirts?

3. The narrator notes that the airport in which city is shaped like a hieroglyphic?

4. The woman with the red suitcase is traveling to see her ex-lover from what period of time?

5. For what reason does the narrator believe that her own body will not undergo a transformation at the time of her death?

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