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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of receptacle is featured in the vignette about the collection of oddities?
(a) A cupboard.
(b) A cabinet.
(c) A sink.
(d) A bucket.

2. Josefine Soliman proclaims in her second letter to Francis I that what event took place just weeks ago?
(a) She gave birth to a baby girl.
(b) Her husband died.
(c) Her daughter fell ill with fever.
(d) She gave birth to a baby boy.

3. What is the name of the man famous for his preservation techniques, causing Dr. Blau to seek out his home?
(a) Toad.
(b) Rat.
(c) Badger.
(d) Mole.

4. How does Aleksandra describe God to the narrator?
(a) As an animal.
(b) As an artist.
(c) As a tyrant.
(d) As a creator.

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

6. The narrator pursues a degree in what discipline during her time at the university?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Biology.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Education.

7. As a child, the narrator had dreamt of one day becoming what?
(a) A tugboat captain.
(b) A boat.
(c) An engineer.
(d) A train.

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

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

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

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

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

13. The owner of the donkeys sells tourists trips meant to mimic the journey of whom?
(a) Gandhi.
(b) Jesus.
(c) John the Baptist.
(d) Moses.

14. What type of trains are discussed in the vignette entitled "Trains for Cowards" (61)?
(a) International trains.
(b) Trains of thought.
(c) Freight trains.
(d) Night trains.

15. The narrator deems her friend who does not like to travel alone to be a bad what?
(a) Pilgrim.
(b) Liar.
(c) Person.
(d) Date.

Short Answer Questions

1. During one of the narrator's journeys, she watches what kind of after-dinner entertainment?

2. Toward what types of things has the narrator always been drawn?

3. The narrator describes a dream in which she reads an article about how to construct what object?

4. In what way does the pilgrim who reveres a philosopher interpret what he observes?

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

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