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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is revealed that Verheyen's loss of a body part had been caused by what object?
(a) A nail.
(b) A saw.
(c) A dog.
(d) A truck.

2. What year is depicted when the vignette first joins Philip Verheyen?
(a) 1689.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1493.
(d) 1779.

3. Philip Verheyen was a real person from history who held what position?
(a) Astrophysicist.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Astronaut.
(d) Congressman.

4. The woman with the red suitcase stops in what location on her way home from visiting her ex-lover?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Paris.

5. When Verheyen's student imagines his teacher, he pictures him using what type of writing implement?
(a) A crayon.
(b) A pencil.
(c) A feather pen.
(d) A Sharpie.

6. When Annushka wishes for someone to witness her pain, she visits what location?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) A church.
(c) A bank.
(d) A plateau.

7. In which direction does the narrator's plane fly in the vignette entitled "Irkutsk-Moscow" (225)?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) South.

8. Annushka leaves the location to which she has fled because of a statue of which figure?
(a) Christ.
(b) John the Baptist.
(c) Mary Magdalene.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

9. The narrator discusses a statue of what entity that appeared to have arrived in the world fully-formed?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Jesus.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Gonesh.

10. In the vignette entitled "Godzone," a woman from what country packs her red suitcase?
(a) Japan.
(b) Australia.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Myanmar.

11. What does the woman with the red suitcase do for a living?
(a) She designs poisons.
(b) She is a landscaping designer.
(c) She is a doctor.
(d) She designs interior spaces.

12. The narrator laments the plights of people who speak what language as their native tongue?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) Russian.
(c) English.
(d) Spanish.

13. The narrator describes the nocturnal brain using an allusion to which mythological figure?
(a) Eros.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Pandora.
(d) Penelope.

14. How many letters from Josefine Soliman to Francis I are included within the novel Flights?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

15. The narrator declares that reception areas are better than cafes for what reason?
(a) Because they are quieter.
(b) Because they are carpeted.
(c) Because they require no purchase.
(d) Because they contain more human drama.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does the flight from Irkutsk arrive in Moscow?

2. The narrator says that she prefers to be more like a gardener than like a what when it comes to her own narrative?

3. Annushka begins taking what form of transport ceaselessly throughout each day?

4. Achilles's mother dipped him into the river Styx in order to accomplish what goal?

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

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