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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Bodhi Tree" - "Mobility is Reality".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The vignettes mentioning Menchu focuses on what type of ruler?
(a) A president.
(b) A king.
(c) A shah.
(d) A sultan.

2. The narrator enjoys the idea of performing what activity as a moral obligation to one's people?
(a) Watching films.
(b) Reading books.
(c) Having in-person conversations.
(d) Writing letters.

3. The sanskrit Kali Yuga refers to which cycle of the world?
(a) The end of the cycle.
(b) The first cycle.
(c) The endless cycle.
(d) The final cycle.

4. The man sitting next to the narrator during the flight from Irkutsk to Moscow has what job?
(a) Garbage collector.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Travel agent.
(d) Physicist.

5. One vignette focuses on a ruler from Istanbul who rounds up what kinds of stray animals and puts them on an island?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Parrots.

Short Answer Questions

1. The philosopher revered by one of the novel's pilgrims at one point observes and interprets what sight?

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

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

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

5. The narrator explains that the airport in which city is shaped like a computer chip?

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