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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. Once Kunicki's wife and child go missing, the locals keep repeating to Kunicki that the island is not what?
(a) Very big.
(b) Evacuating.
(c) Evil.
(d) Dangerous.

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

3. The first pilgrim focused upon within the narrative of Flights is whom?
(a) A young man.
(b) An old man.
(c) A little boy.
(d) A middle-aged man.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator pursues a degree in what discipline during her time at the university?

2. What part of a woman's body does the narrator compare to fingerprints in relation to uniqueness?

3. The narrator remarks that rarity is frequently rewarded with what?

4. Another one of the pilgrims featured within Flights considers what philosophical work to be more practical than the Bible?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the message contained within the vignette entitled "Travel Sizes"?

2. Discuss the qualities of Flights that could qualify it as a Postmodern work of literature.

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

4. How does the theme of deception arise within Blau's visit to Mrs. Mole's home?

5. How is the theme of violence present within the story about the sultan?

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

7. What coping mechanism does Kunicki primarily use to deal with the stress of his missing wife and son?

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

9. What does the narrator announce as the aim of each one of her pilgrimages?

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

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