Exhalation Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Ted Chiang
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Exhalation Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Ted Chiang
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Lifecycle of Software Objects” (Chapters 6-10).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While performing his risky experiment, what does the narrator of "Exhalation" learn about their brains?
(a) Their brains are running more quickly.
(b) Their brains are running more efficiently.
(c) Their brains are running more slowly.
(d) Their brains are running more inexpertly.

2. According to the narrator of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," what is Neuroblast?
(a) A virtual engine.
(b) A biological engine.
(c) A digital engine.
(d) A genomic engine.

3. What company offers Ana a job after the merger "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) Mechatope.
(b) Multitope.
(c) Polytope.
(d) Semitope.

4. What is the other profession of the merchant Bashaarat in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?
(a) Jeweler.
(b) Banker.
(c) Inventor.
(d) Chef.

5. What literary device is being employed when the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" references a “Lovecraftian horror” (59)?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," every breath they take contributes to what?

2. Why will the merger have such a powerful effect on the digients, as explained in Chapter 6 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," on what does civilization now depend?

4. Which digient has been made a legal corporation, as revealed in Chapter 5 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

5. What is the name of Derek’s wife in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

(see the answer key)

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