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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. The narrator claims that what kind of "sin will be forgiven" (177)?
(a) Naive.
(b) Minor.
(c) Mortal.
(d) Narrative.

2. In what liquid is Verheyen's amputated body part preserved?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Formaldehyde.
(c) Ether.
(d) Gin.

3. The vignette entitled "Another Cook" focuses on what other Cook besides James Cook?
(a) Edward.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Thomas.

4. The narrator uses what location to demonstrate the vast feelings of being present experienced by the passengers flying from Irkutsk to Moscow?
(a) Cucamonga.
(b) Timbuktu.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Alaska.

5. The words "Mobility is Reality" (226) appear in the Moscow airport within an advertisement for what product?
(a) Credit cards.
(b) Trains.
(c) Cell phones.
(d) Taxis.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator claims that when a beached whale is saved and is sent to a particular country, its fate is what?

2. The narrator sees a postcard meant to evoke Rome with an image of whose hand?

3. The narrator repeats again and again that each of her "pilgrimages aims at some other" (266) what?

4. The narrator laments the plights of people who speak what language as their native tongue?

5. The narrator explains that the airport in which city is shaped like a computer chip?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Tokarczuk use dialogue in order to highlight a lack of sensitivity in tourists?

2. What elements does the unnamed narrator consider when deciding whether a story or a lecture is more appropriate for the story she has to tell?

3. What had the woman in rags been mumbling to Annushka when Annushka became frightened?

4. How is the theme of family bonds demonstrated within Annushka's story?

5. What element does the narrator name as a "natural" (227) characteristic of the world?

6. When the words of Annushka's supposed tormentor are revealed, what had the old woman been saying?

7. How is the theme of ethnocentrism depicted within the vignettes focusing on James Cook?

8. How does Tokarczuk present the theme of being present within the vignette entitled “Irkutsk-Moscow”?

9. What country does the unnamed narrator say is the perfect place for observing people and why?

10. What two points of view does the narrator claim exist in the world and why?

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