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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The narrator notes that the airport in which city is shaped like a hieroglyphic?
(a) Frankfurt.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Denver.

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

5. Kunstkammer is the word for "cabinet of curiosities" (267) in what language?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Dutch.

6. At what time of day do the homes of one country's citizens become small stages, according to the narrator?
(a) At dusk.
(b) At dawn.
(c) At midnight.
(d) At noon.

7. The narrator says that the airport in which city is shaped like a spine?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Tokyo.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) Los Angeles.

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

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

10. What part of the fictional Philip Verheyen's own body does he dissect over the course of several years?
(a) His leg.
(b) His arm.
(c) His foot.
(d) His ear.

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

12. The vignette about whales posits that on the rare occasion when a beached whale is saved, it is sent to what country?
(a) China.
(b) Japan.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Cuba.

13. During Annushka's endless trips around the city, she finds a mentor in whom?
(a) A diseased crone.
(b) A mysterious figure.
(c) A beautiful maiden.
(d) A shrouded runaway.

14. The Day of the Dead is a festival that lasts for what length of time?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 1 afternoon.

15. Within the narrative, which character envisions the first iteration of a travel agency?
(a) James Cook.
(b) Thomas Cook.
(c) Edward Cook.
(d) Elijah Cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nebojsa claims that travelers are pure because they have no time to think about what subject?

2. When the narrator dreams of cities as enormous tree trunks, what is her estimation of how high the live trees must have reached?

3. What does the woman with the red suitcase do for a living?

4. It is revealed that Verheyen's loss of a body part had been caused by what object?

5. The vignette entitled "30,000 Guilders" takes place in what century?

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