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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. The narrator states that darkness causes her to feel like taking what action?
(a) Leaving.
(b) Running.
(c) Exploring.
(d) Sleeping.

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

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

4. The narrator describes a dream in which she reads an article about how to construct what object?
(a) An airplane.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A nest.
(d) A train.

5. What motivation drives humans to travel, according to the lectures focused on travel psychology?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Desire.
(d) Ennui.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object is used to symbolize the tendency of certain people to seek life improvement through travel?

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

3. The university attended by the narrator had previously served as an outpost for what group?

4. Another one of the pilgrims featured within Flights considers what philosophical work to be more practical than the Bible?

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

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