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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 woman with the red suitcase makes several trips to what country?
(a) Thailand.
(b) Poland.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.
2. The vignette entitled "30,000 Guilders" takes place in what century?
(a) The 18th.
(b) The 16th.
(c) The 17th.
(d) The 15th.
3. In what liquid is Verheyen's amputated body part preserved?
(a) Gin.
(b) Ether.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Formaldehyde.
4. What action does the narrator urge her readers to take in relation to their lives?
(a) She urges them to document their lives.
(b) She urges them to narrate their lives.
(c) She urges them to dedicate their lives to God.
(d) She urges them to interrupt their lives.
5. At what time of day do the homes of one country's citizens become small stages, according to the narrator?
(a) At noon.
(b) At midnight.
(c) At dusk.
(d) At dawn.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who notices during their visits that Verheyen is becoming increasingly obsessed with his amputated body part?
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. At what time does the flight from Irkutsk arrive in Moscow?
4. The woman with the red suitcase has how many grown children?
5. The narrator notes that Nebojsa's name sounds exactly like the Polish phrase that means what in English?
Short Essay Questions
1. What country does the unnamed narrator say is the perfect place for observing people and why?
2. What two points of view does the narrator claim exist in the world and why?
3. Who is Annushka?
4. When the words of Annushka's supposed tormentor are revealed, what had the old woman been saying?
5. What does the smoke created by the Maori symbolize?
6. 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?
7. How is the theme of oppression featured within the vignettes about James Cook?
8. Discuss the unnamed narrator's feelings about languages and secrecy.
9. How do Existentialist ideals creep into Verheyen's later writings?
10. In what way does Tokarczuk use dialogue in order to highlight a lack of sensitivity in tourists?
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