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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. The vignette entitled "30,000 Guilders" takes place in what century?

2. Kunstkammer is the word for "cabinet of curiosities" (267) in what language?

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

4. The narrator declares that reception areas are better than cafes for what reason?

5. At what time of day do the homes of one country's citizens become small stages, according to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what way does the theme of compassion arise within Annushka's story?

4. Discuss the unnamed narrator's feelings about languages and secrecy.

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

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

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

8. How does the theme of obsession arise within the story about Verheyen?

9. Discuss how the motif of dreams appears within the unnamed narrator's vignettes.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a critical essay about Flights while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Determine Tokarczuk’s message within the novel Flights regarding the idea of pilgrims and pilgrimage.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Tokarczuk’s inclusion of the journey motif within Flights. What message is Tokarczuk sending about journeys versus destinations?

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