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Ted Chiang
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Exhalation Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Ted Chiang
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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. Ana is horrified when she discovers people have hacked the digients in order to do what?
(a) Torture them.
(b) Modify them.
(c) Customize them.
(d) Marry them.

2. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," every breath they take contributes to what?
(a) Instability.
(b) Imbalance.
(c) Equilibrium.
(d) Agitation.

3. Where is Bashaarat’s first store located?
(a) Luxor.
(b) Giza.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Cairo.

4. As Chapter 5 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" begins, what is the new virtual reality platform?
(a) Real Space.
(b) Veri Space.
(c) Genu Space.
(d) True Space.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," each being daily consumes two sets of what?

2. What risky experiment does the narrator of "Exhalation" undertake?

3. To whom is Fuwaad addressing his tale, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what does the Predictor do?

5. What does Ana remain committed to teaching Jax at the end of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the digient community expanded in Chapter 2 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

2. What happens to some Predictor users? According to the narrator on page 59, why does this happen?

3. What happens in "The Tale of the Fortunate Rope-Maker"?

4. What does the narrator of "Exhalation" come to understand as a result of his experiment?

5. What experiment does the narrator of "Exhalation" undertake in order to understand the irregularity? How does he prepare for the experiment?

6. What companies announce a merger in Chapter 6 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"? How will the merger affect the digients?

7. Why does Fuwaad travel through the Gate of Years? What does he discover?

8. What advice does the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" offer the reader on page 60?

9. What does the reader learn about the beings as the story "Exhalation" opens on pages 37 and 38?

10. What are digients? What company is producing them, and who is hired to train them?

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