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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 is traveling to see her ex-lover from what period of time?
(a) Her high school years.
(b) Her thirties.
(c) Her teaching years.
(d) Her college years.

2. The man sitting next to the narrator during the flight from Irkutsk to Moscow has what job?
(a) Garbage collector.
(b) Travel agent.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Physicist.

3. The vignette entitled "The Achilles Tendon" opens in what year?
(a) 1692.
(b) 1442.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1542.

4. When Annushka wishes for someone to witness her pain, she visits what location?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) A bank.
(c) A church.
(d) A plateau.

5. When Verheyen's student imagines his teacher, he pictures him using what type of writing implement?
(a) A Sharpie.
(b) A crayon.
(c) A feather pen.
(d) A pencil.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the vignette entitled "Flights," the narrator states that "everything is" (227) what in hell?

2. How many letters from Josefine Soliman to Francis I are included within the novel Flights?

3. The narrator proclaims that "seeing means" (182) what?

4. In Josefine Soliman's final letter to Francis I, she accuses him of what transgression?

5. The narrator claims that what kind of "sin will be forgiven" (177)?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. In what way does the unnamed narrator show an affinity for secrecy?

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

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

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

6. How do Existentialist ideals creep into Verheyen's later writings?

7. How is the theme of oppression featured within the vignettes about James Cook?

8. How does Tokarczuk use postcards as a symbol?

9. In what way does the theme of regret appear within the story of Van Horssen and his mentor Verheyen?

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

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