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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. What event causes Dr. Blau to leave before discovering the secret preservation techniques?
(a) Rat's widow makes a pass at him.
(b) Badger's widow makes a pass at him.
(c) Mole's widow makes a pass at him.
(d) Toad's widow makes a pass at him.

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

3. The first pilgrim featured within Flights takes annual vacations of what length?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 3 days.

4. The sanskrit Kali Yuga refers to which cycle of the world?
(a) The endless cycle.
(b) The first cycle.
(c) The end of the cycle.
(d) The final cycle.

5. The first pilgrim featured in the narrative tells the narrator that the things he has seen are now what?
(a) His.
(b) Spoiled.
(c) Fixed in time.
(d) Invisible.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The university attended by the narrator had previously served as an outpost for what group?

4. The narrator describes a dream in which she reads an article about how to construct what object?

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

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