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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Reception Areas at Large Fancy Hotels" - "Boarding".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator refers to the inevitable entrapment of people who have not mastered the art of taking what action?
(a) Creating.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Writing.

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

3. The narrator describes how the restaurants in a particular South Asian city use swastikas to indicate what?
(a) Western-style restaurants.
(b) Vegetarian restaurants.
(c) Banks.
(d) Failed health inspections.

4. What metaphorical object does Tokarczuk use to make a point about aberration and reality?
(a) A chaise lounge.
(b) An armchair.
(c) An ottoman.
(d) A settee.

5. Charlotta's personal touch is detectable in the drawings of what two objects on the labels of the specimen jars?
(a) Octopi and kelp.
(b) Fish and snails.
(c) Otters and whales.
(d) Seashells and coral.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the narrator dreams of a huge cloud on the horizon, in what location does she find herself in the dream?

3. The narrator notes that Nebojsa's name sounds exactly like the Polish phrase that means what in English?

4. The vignette about whales posits that on the rare occasion when a beached whale is saved, it is sent to what country?

5. The narrator claims that what kind of "sin will be forgiven" (177)?

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