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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator proclaims that "seeing means" (182) what?
(a) Craving.
(b) Accepting.
(c) Knowing.
(d) Believing.

3. What kind of tree is featured in the vignette in which the narrator meets a man from China?
(a) A ceiba tree.
(b) A bonsai tree.
(c) A bodhi tree.
(d) An elm tree.

4. During Annushka's endless trips around the city, she finds a mentor in whom?
(a) A diseased crone.
(b) A shrouded runaway.
(c) A beautiful maiden.
(d) A mysterious figure.

5. In what liquid is Verheyen's amputated body part preserved?
(a) Gin.
(b) Formaldehyde.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Ether.

6. Captain James Cook's search for a mysterious island is depicted as taking place in what year?
(a) 1769.
(b) 1801.
(c) 1684.
(d) 1733.

7. The man sitting next to the narrator during the flight from Irkutsk to Moscow has what job?
(a) Physicist.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Travel agent.
(d) Garbage collector.

8. Annushka leaves the location to which she has fled because of a statue of which figure?
(a) Christ.
(b) John the Baptist.
(c) Mary Magdalene.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

9. The narrator claims that what object reveals the natural state of the world?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Truth.
(c) Light.
(d) A mirror.

10. The narrator declares that reception areas are better than cafes for what reason?
(a) Because they require no purchase.
(b) Because they are carpeted.
(c) Because they contain more human drama.
(d) Because they are quieter.

11. What kind of ruler buys Ruysch's collection of biological specimens?
(a) The shah.
(b) The king.
(c) The sultan.
(d) The tsar.

12. Nebojsa claims that travelers are pure because they have no time to think about what subject?
(a) Sex.
(b) Love.
(c) The past.
(d) Death.

13. The narrator explains that the airport in which city is shaped like a computer chip?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) San Francisco.

14. The narrator laments the plights of people who speak what language as their native tongue?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) Russian.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

15. How many letters from Josefine Soliman to Francis I are included within the novel Flights?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. The vignette with a title that repeats one word twice uses what word in its title?

2. What does the woman with the red suitcase do for a living?

3. What action does the narrator urge her readers to take in relation to their lives?

4. Charlotta's personal touch is detectable in the drawings of what two objects on the labels of the specimen jars?

5. In the vignette entitled "Purity of Blood," the narrator meets a woman who hails from what type of location?

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