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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. In a vignette composed of only one sentence, a time change results in an hour-long flight appearing to be how long?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

2. What object does Tokarczuk use as a metaphor for the river upon her first time there?
(a) A ribbon.
(b) An alarm clock.
(c) A paper clip.
(d) A dime.

3. As a child, the narrator had dreamt of one day becoming what?
(a) An engineer.
(b) A train.
(c) A tugboat captain.
(d) A boat.

4. The narrator likes to read facts from the package of what product?
(a) Chewing gum.
(b) Milk.
(c) Cereal.
(d) Sanitary pads.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Dr. Blau's talk about silicone plastination received by his audience?

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

3. What part of a woman's body does the narrator compare to fingerprints in relation to uniqueness?

4. The narrator states that the person at the center of "Sarira" has a body that will transform into what object upon her death?

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

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