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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion does Dr. Blau see when he looks into the man's eyes who also hopes to discover preservation secrets?
(a) Triumph.
(b) Fear.
(c) Reluctance.
(d) Love.

2. As the narrator flips through television channels while unable to sleep, she determines that everything falls into how many categories?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

4. What motivation drives humans to travel, according to the lectures focused on travel psychology?
(a) Desire.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Ennui.

5. In what location does Dr. Blau store all of his tissue samples and medical exhibits?
(a) The bathtub of his home.
(b) The refrigerator of his home.
(c) In the university laboratory.
(d) The basement of the university.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first vignette in Flight describes the narrator's discovery of what element as a toddler?

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

3. The philosopher revered by one of the novel's pilgrims at one point observes and interprets what sight?

4. What object is used to symbolize the tendency of certain people to seek life improvement through travel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the unnamed narrator's first childhood experience as a traveler.

2. The narrator's use of the word pilgrim throughout the novel is an allusion to what great work of literature?

3. What discordant image is at the center of the vignette entitled "Cleopatras"?

4. How does the theme of isolation arise within the vignettes that focus on Eryk?

5. What is ironic about Blau's "unproblematic" (133) romantic life prior to his marriage?

6. How does the unnamed narrator feel about islands and why?

7. What conclusions does the narrator draw about islands and why?

8. How is personification used to underscore the deep love Blau has for the study of anatomy?

9. How is repetition used within the story about Kunicki and for what purpose?

10. According to the unnamed narrator, what is possibly "the greatest wonder of the world" (72) and why?

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