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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. One of the vignettes focuses on a poet who works in what capacity?
(a) As a travel guide.
(b) As a chef.
(c) As a doctor.
(d) As a judge.

2. What type of trains are discussed in the vignette entitled "Trains for Cowards" (61)?
(a) Freight trains.
(b) Night trains.
(c) International trains.
(d) Trains of thought.

3. The two businessmen sitting next to the narrator are traveling to a conference on what subject?
(a) Electric vehicles.
(b) Wind power.
(c) Nuclear power.
(d) Solar radiation.

4. The vignette entitled "Media Presenters" describes what type of vehicle lying in blood and gasoline?
(a) A boat.
(b) A motorcycle.
(c) A tank.
(d) A moped.

5. The vignette entitled "Sarira" focuses on what kind of person?
(a) A stewardess.
(b) A factory worker.
(c) A sultan.
(d) A nun.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what form of comfort does Kunicki console himself after the disappearance of his wife and child?

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

3. How does the narrator view the locations in which she has been hurt?

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

5. A character with what name believes that every human should write a book?

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