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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 woman with the red suitcase makes several trips to what country?

2. Charlotta's personal touch is detectable in the drawings of what two objects on the labels of the specimen jars?

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

4. The narrator discusses a statue of what entity that appeared to have arrived in the world fully-formed?

5. In the vignette entitled "Purity of Blood," the narrator is staying at a hotel in what city?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Annushka?

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

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

10. What does the smoke created by the Maori symbolize?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the ways in which the novel Flights uses the motif of dreams to further its key messages.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Tokarczuk’s messages about guilt and responsibility within Flights. Focus especially on elements such as the feelings of responsibility Verheyen’s protege feels toward Verheyen, even after his mentor’s death.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Flights and analyze Tokarczuk’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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