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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Tokarczuk use as a metaphor for the river upon her first time there?
(a) A dime.
(b) An alarm clock.
(c) A paper clip.
(d) A ribbon.

2. The vignette entitled "Sarira" focuses on what kind of person?
(a) A sultan.
(b) A stewardess.
(c) A nun.
(d) A factory worker.

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

4. The first pilgrim focused upon within the narrative of Flights is whom?
(a) A middle-aged man.
(b) A little boy.
(c) An old man.
(d) A young man.

5. With what form of comfort does Kunicki console himself after the disappearance of his wife and child?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A character with what name believes that every human should write a book?

3. The narrator deems her friend who does not like to travel alone to be a bad what?

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

5. What type of receptacle is featured in the vignette about the collection of oddities?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the message contained within the vignette entitled "Travel Sizes"?

2. How does the unnamed narrator feel about islands and why?

3. What does the narrator announce as the aim of each one of her pilgrimages?

4. Provide basic information about the origins of travel psychology.

5. What is ironic about Blau's "unproblematic" (133) romantic life prior to his marriage?

6. Discuss an instance of Tokarczuk employing satire in order to poke fun at a particular group.

7. What discordant image is at the center of the vignette entitled "Cleopatras"?

8. To what advice does the title "Guidance from Cioran" refer?

9. According to the unnamed narrator, what is possibly "the greatest wonder of the world" (72) and why?

10. What conclusions does the narrator draw about islands and why?

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