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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Flights" - "Boarding".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The fact with which the narrator is most infatuated has to do with what part of the human body?
(a) The ear.
(b) The nose.
(c) The tongue.
(d) The appendix.

2. The Day of the Dead is a festival that lasts for what length of time?
(a) 1 afternoon.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 3 days.

3. When the narrator dreams of a huge cloud on the horizon, in what location does she find herself in the dream?
(a) My Lai.
(b) Bikini Island.
(c) Aruba.
(d) Tahiti.

4. In the vignette entitled "Purity of Blood," the narrator meets a woman who hails from what type of location?
(a) A forest.
(b) A peninsula.
(c) An island.
(d) A desert.

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

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

4. Annushka leaves the location to which she has fled because of a statue of which figure?

5. How many letters from Josefine Soliman to Francis I are included within the novel Flights?

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