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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Great Silence”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ana, love means what?
(a) Capitulation.
(b) Abandonment.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Surrender.

2. Which digient is quite eager to be incorporated into Binary Desire?
(a) Jax.
(b) Marco.
(c) Voyl.
(d) Polo.

3. How does the narrator of "The Great Silence" describe humanity’s actions regarding the near-extinction of its species?
(a) As an intentional act.
(b) As a calculated act.
(c) As a careless act.
(d) As a malicious act.

4. What did Alex demonstrate about a nonhuman species, according to the narrator of "The Great Silence"?
(a) That one could grasp abstract concepts.
(b) That one could be smarter than humans.
(c) That one could communicate.
(d) That one could create a mythology.

5. What is a second solution to the Great Silence, according to the narrator of the story with the same name?
(a) That intelligent species die out before contacting humans.
(b) That intelligent species die out before possessing technology.
(c) That intelligent species die out before expanding into outer space.
(d) That intelligent species do not exist outside of the Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jax injure the robot suit at the beginning of Chapter 6 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

2. According to the narrator of "The Great Silence," what do many religions consider to be a pathway to the divine?

3. What is one solution to the Great Silence, according to the narrator of the story with the same name?

4. What literary device is being employed when the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" references a “Lovecraftian horror” (59)?

5. What observatory does the narrator of "The Great Silence" often ponder?

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