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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what exists inside their arms?
(a) Rods and pistons.
(b) Axles and bearings.
(c) Splines and fasteners.
(d) Gears and trains.

2. At the end of Chapter 8 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," Ana argues that what must happen before they can decide what to do about Binary Desire?
(a) The digients must come of age.
(b) The digients must first receive a security upgrade.
(c) The digients must first have sexual experience.
(d) The digients must first finish school.

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," how do some people ultimately react to the Predictor?
(a) They stop engaging in spontaneous action.
(b) They use the Predictor to become wealthy.
(c) They throw the Predictor against a wall.
(d) They experience a life of possibility.

4. What irregularity occurs on the first day of the year in "Exhalation"?
(a) The clock strikes before the crier finishes his recitation.
(b) The crier finishes his recitation before the clock strikes.
(c) The clock never strikes at all.
(d) The clock strikes at the moment the crier finishes his recitation.

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," only what can become discouraged?
(a) An empathic individual.
(b) A heartless individual.
(c) A rational being.
(d) A freethinking entity.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny,” what is Reginald Dacey initially inspired to create?

2. As Chapter 9 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" begins, Ana speaks with two researchers for Exponential Applicances, a company that produces what?

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what must one pretend to have?

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what is the end state of many Predictor users?

5. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what exists at the edge of the world?

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