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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “What’s Expected of Us”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," on what does civilization now depend?
(a) Self-deception.
(b) Self-actualization.
(c) Self-determination.
(d) Self-esteem.

2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what happens at first when someone gets a Predictor?
(a) They play with it compulsively.
(b) They find themselves unable to sleep.
(c) They learn how to outwit it.
(d) They find it boring and forget about it.

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," it is impossible to do what?
(a) Fool a Predictor.
(b) Break a Predictor.
(c) Forget a Predictor.
(d) Shatter a Predictor.

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what does the Predictor demonstrate?
(a) That free will does not exist.
(b) That humanity does not exist.
(c) That the past does not exist.
(d) That the future does not exist.

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what begins to sink in after one has had a Predictor for a few days?
(a) The repercussions of a spontaneous future.
(b) The repercussions of a hypothetical future.
(c) The repercussions of an unchangeable future.
(d) The repercussions of a limitless future.

Short Answer Questions

1. While performing his risky experiment, what does the narrator of "Exhalation" learn about their world?

2. What irregularity occurs on the first day of the year in "Exhalation"?

3. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," the reader should rejoice in what?

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what will follow this warning?

5. By what name does Bashaarat call the large hoop in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?

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