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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator attends the lecture about travel psychology, what does she conclude about its length?

2. During one of the narrator's journeys, she watches what kind of after-dinner entertainment?

3. One vignette focuses on a ruler from Istanbul who rounds up what kinds of stray animals and puts them on an island?

4. Before leaving with his caravan, the ruler stabs which character in her womb?

5. The narrator urges the reader to write at least one sentence on which platform?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Since childhood, what sight has filled Blau with a feeling of happiness and fulfillment?

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

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

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

6. What are the narrator's feelings about guidebooks?

7. What method does the narrator prefer when dealing with locations in which she has been hurt?

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

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

10. Discuss an instance of Tokarczuk employing satire in order to poke fun at a particular group.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Tokarczuk’s novel Flights. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

What is the function of Kunicki's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Tokarczuk in depicting Kuncki and his family and include in your discussion the reasons that Tokarczuk portrays the characters in these particular ways.

Essay Topic 3

How are the topics of inheritance and legacy treated within the novel Flights and how does the treatment of these themes relate to the novel's depicted messages?

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