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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Here I Am"- "Wikipedia".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator pursues a degree in what discipline during her time at the university?
(a) Education.
(b) Biology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Philosophy.

2. The narrator comes to believe that change is different from permanence in what way?
(a) Permanence is easier than change.
(b) Permanence is nobler than change.
(c) Change is nobler than permanence.
(d) Change is inevitable, while permanence is chosen.

3. What are the narrator's feelings about guidebooks?
(a) They are destructive in their overanalysis.
(b) They are written by people who never travel.
(c) They are helpful for young travelers.
(d) Every location in them should be avoided.

4. The narrator's first true experience with travel takes place during what period of her life?
(a) When she is a young child.
(b) When she is a teenager.
(c) When she is an infant.
(d) When she is a preteen.

5. What object does Tokarczuk use as a metaphor for the river upon her first time there?
(a) A ribbon.
(b) A paper clip.
(c) A dime.
(d) An alarm clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child, the narrator had dreamt of one day becoming what?

2. Toward what types of things has the narrator always been drawn?

3. The narrator enjoys the idea of performing what activity as a moral obligation to one's people?

4. The narrator compares herself to what part of the body while discussing her role as a writer?

5. In what way does the pilgrim who reveres a philosopher interpret what he observes?

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