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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. The vignette entitled "30,000 Guilders" takes place in what century?
(a) The 18th.
(b) The 15th.
(c) The 16th.
(d) The 17th.
2. The narrator gives a ride to a young man named Nebojsa who tells her what kinds of stories?
(a) War.
(b) Love.
(c) Origin myths.
(d) Tall tales.
3. In what liquid is Verheyen's amputated body part preserved?
(a) Gin.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Formaldehyde.
(d) Ether.
4. In the vignette entitled "Purity of Blood," the narrator is staying at a hotel in what city?
(a) Frankfurt.
(b) Prague.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.
5. The words "Mobility is Reality" (226) appear in the Moscow airport within an advertisement for what product?
(a) Credit cards.
(b) Cell phones.
(c) Taxis.
(d) Trains.
Short Answer Questions
1. The narrator claims that what object reveals the natural state of the world?
2. The woman with the red suitcase makes several trips to what country?
3. The narrator declares that reception areas are better than cafes for what reason?
4. What does the woman with the red suitcase do for a living?
5. The narrator claims that what kind of "sin will be forgiven" (177)?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Tokarczuk present the theme of being present within the vignette entitled “Irkutsk-Moscow”?
2. What elements does the unnamed narrator consider when deciding whether a story or a lecture is more appropriate for the story she has to tell?
3. When the words of Annushka's supposed tormentor are revealed, what had the old woman been saying?
4. What country does the unnamed narrator say is the perfect place for observing people and why?
5. How is the loss of purity theme depicted within the narrator's conversation about giving blood?
6. Discuss how the motif of dreams appears within the unnamed narrator's vignettes.
7. Discuss the unnamed narrator's feelings about languages and secrecy.
8. In what way does the theme of compassion arise within Annushka's story?
9. Who is Annushka?
10. What two points of view does the narrator claim exist in the world and why?
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