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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. What action does the narrator urge her readers to take in relation to their lives?
(a) She urges them to narrate their lives.
(b) She urges them to dedicate their lives to God.
(c) She urges them to document their lives.
(d) She urges them to interrupt their lives.

2. The narrator repeats again and again that each of her "pilgrimages aims at some other" (266) what?
(a) World.
(b) Reality.
(c) Pilgrim.
(d) Goal.

3. The locals on the island visited by Kunicki's family produce their own what?
(a) Beef.
(b) Silk.
(c) Textiles.
(d) Wine.

4. The first pilgrim featured within Flights takes annual vacations of what length?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 3 weeks.

5. With what form of comfort does Kunicki console himself after the disappearance of his wife and child?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Food.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Exercise.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator remarks that she has a decided aversion to what element of life?

2. What event causes Dr. Blau to leave before discovering the secret preservation techniques?

3. In the vignette entitled "Purity of Blood," the narrator is staying at a hotel in what city?

4. The composer's sister plans her brother's funeral using the work of which great composer?

5. The narrator describes the nocturnal brain using an allusion to which mythological figure?

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