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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Bodhi Tree" - "Mobility is Reality".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Achilles's mother dipped him into the river Styx in order to accomplish what goal?
(a) To bind him to her forever.
(b) To make him immortal.
(c) To give him the power of invisibility.
(d) To banish him from the earth.

2. The vignette entitled "30,000 Guilders" takes place in what century?
(a) The 17th.
(b) The 18th.
(c) The 15th.
(d) The 16th.

3. Toward what types of things has the narrator always been drawn?
(a) Shiny.
(b) Broken.
(c) False.
(d) Mysterious.

4. As a child, the narrator had dreamt of one day becoming what?
(a) An engineer.
(b) A train.
(c) A boat.
(d) A tugboat captain.

5. The narrator sees herself as "the perfect" (179) what?
(a) Liar.
(b) Observer.
(c) Pilgrim.
(d) Sinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man sitting next to the narrator during the flight from Irkutsk to Moscow has what job?

2. The narrator remarks that rarity is frequently rewarded with what?

3. Another one of the pilgrims featured within Flights considers what philosophical work to be more practical than the Bible?

4. One vignette depicts veiled women watching a movie together that focuses on what fictional character?

5. The first vignette in Flight describes the narrator's discovery of what element as a toddler?

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