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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Citizens of the World, Pick Up Your Pens!"- "Sarira".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator attends the lecture about travel psychology, what does she conclude about its length?
(a) It was too long.
(b) It was not long enough.
(c) It was precisely the right length.
(d) It should never have started in the first place.

2. In a vignette composed of only one sentence, a time change results in an hour-long flight appearing to be how long?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

3. The narrator describes a dream in which she reads an article about how to construct what object?
(a) A nest.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A train.
(d) An ocean.

4. The narrator states that darkness causes her to feel like taking what action?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Running.
(c) Exploring.
(d) Leaving.

5. How is Dr. Blau's talk about silicone plastination received by his audience?
(a) Blandly.
(b) Disinterestedly.
(c) Enthusiastically.
(d) Curtly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the categories of television identified by the narrator when she has insomnia?

2. The after-dinner entertainment causes what reaction in the narrator and her companion?

3. The sanskrit Kali Yuga refers to which cycle of the world?

4. The philosopher revered by one of the novel's pilgrims at one point observes and interprets what sight?

5. One of Flight's vignettes sees the narrator judging a friend of hers who hates to travel in what manner?

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