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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator view the locations in which she has been hurt?
(a) She obsesses over them.
(b) She longs to settle in them.
(c) She makes a point of creating happy memories in them.
(d) She blocks them out of her memory.

2. The narrator remarks that she has a decided aversion to what element of life?
(a) Analysis.
(b) Games.
(c) Esotericism.
(d) Constancy.

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

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

5. The narrator likes to read facts from the package of what product?
(a) Cereal.
(b) Chewing gum.
(c) Sanitary pads.
(d) Milk.

6. The narrator urges the reader to write at least one sentence on which platform?
(a) Wikipedia.
(b) Imdb.
(c) Facebook.
(d) Twitter.

7. What type of beverage does the narrator invoke to describe the way in which darkness unfolds?
(a) Water.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Milk.
(d) Juice.

8. When the narrator attends the lecture about travel psychology, what does she conclude about its length?
(a) It was precisely the right length.
(b) It was too long.
(c) It was not long enough.
(d) It should never have started in the first place.

9. Another one of the pilgrims featured within Flights considers what philosophical work to be more practical than the Bible?
(a) A work by Hobbes.
(b) A work by Nietzsche.
(c) A work by Cioran.
(d) A work by Descartes.

10. The vignette entitled "Sarira" focuses on what kind of person?
(a) A stewardess.
(b) A sultan.
(c) A factory worker.
(d) A nun.

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

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

13. The narrator states that the person at the center of "Sarira" has a body that will transform into what object upon her death?
(a) A block of wood.
(b) A shard of glass.
(c) A grain of sand.
(d) A musical note.

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

15. Josefine Solomon's letter is addressed to "Francis, Emperor of" (165) what country?
(a) Germany.
(b) Austria.
(c) Italy.
(d) Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. One vignette depicts veiled women watching a movie together that focuses on what fictional character?

2. The vignette entitled "Media Presenters" describes what type of vehicle lying in blood and gasoline?

3. The owner of the donkeys sells tourists trips meant to mimic the journey of whom?

4. Before leaving with his caravan, the ruler stabs which character in her womb?

5. The ruler at the center of two vignettes decides to bring only which members of his family along during his escape?

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