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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. How does the narrator view the locations in which she has been hurt?
(a) She makes a point of creating happy memories in them.
(b) She obsesses over them.
(c) She longs to settle in them.
(d) She blocks them out of her memory.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Tokarczuk use as a metaphor for the river upon her first time there?

2. What motivation drives humans to travel, according to the lectures focused on travel psychology?

3. The donkey owner observes that the American tourists are different from the others in what way?

4. What type of trains are discussed in the vignette entitled "Trains for Cowards" (61)?

5. The narrator comes to believe that change is different from permanence in what way?

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