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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. The philosopher revered by one of the novel's pilgrims at one point observes and interprets what sight?
(a) The line of people at the bank.
(b) The flight of birds.
(c) The feet of people rushing along the street.
(d) The hooves of horses galloping by.

2. The owner of the donkeys sells tourists trips meant to mimic the journey of whom?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) Moses.
(c) Gandhi.
(d) Jesus.

3. One vignette describes which people's practice of mummifying their loved ones' heads?
(a) The Zulu.
(b) The Maori.
(c) The Amazons.
(d) The Celts.

4. The two businessmen sitting next to the narrator are traveling to a conference on what subject?
(a) Nuclear power.
(b) Electric vehicles.
(c) Solar radiation.
(d) Wind power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the narrator's feelings about guidebooks?

2. The vignette entitled "Sarira" focuses on what kind of person?

3. How is Dr. Blau's talk about silicone plastination received by his audience?

4. What object is used to symbolize the tendency of certain people to seek life improvement through travel?

5. When the narrator dreams of a huge cloud on the horizon, in what location does she find herself in the dream?

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