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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 after-dinner entertainment causes what reaction in the narrator and her companion?
(a) They scream.
(b) They faint.
(c) They cry.
(d) They laugh.

2. 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.

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

4. One vignette depicts veiled women watching a movie together that focuses on what fictional character?
(a) Lassie.
(b) Harry Potter.
(c) Lara Croft.
(d) Pikachu.

5. The university attended by the narrator had previously served as an outpost for what group?
(a) The Hitler Youth.
(b) The Hare Krishna.
(c) The Sons of Norway.
(d) The S.S.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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