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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. What are the categories of television identified by the narrator when she has insomnia?
(a) Pornography, religion, violence, and politics.
(b) Pornography and religion.
(c) Pornography, religion, and violence.
(d) Pornography, religion, violence, politics, and entertainment.

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

3. One vignette describes which people's practice of mummifying their loved ones' heads?
(a) The Amazons.
(b) The Maori.
(c) The Celts.
(d) The Zulu.

4. The narrator remarks that rarity is frequently rewarded with what?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Integrity.
(c) Value.
(d) Constancy.

5. Before leaving with his caravan, the ruler stabs which character in her womb?
(a) His wife.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator's first true experience with travel takes place during what period of her life?

2. The narrator comes to believe that change is different from permanence in what way?

3. One vignette focuses on a ruler from Istanbul who rounds up what kinds of stray animals and puts them on an island?

4. The locals on the island visited by Kunicki's family produce their own what?

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

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