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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 Binary Desire’s pitch in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," the digients will never be subjected to what?
(a) Coercion.
(b) Abuse.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Vilification.

2. Why will the merger have such a powerful effect on the digients, as explained in Chapter 6 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) Their Neuroblast port is ultra-fast.
(b) Their Neuroblast port is modern.
(c) Their Neuroblast port is very advanced.
(d) Their Neuroblast port is obsolete.

3. To what does the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" compare the end state of many Predictor users?
(a) To an intelligent scourge.
(b) To a cognitive plague.
(c) To a rational epidemic.
(d) To a logical contagion.

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

5. What type of parrot narrates the story, "The Great Silence"?
(a) A Quaker parrot.
(b) A Puerto Rican parrot.
(c) A New Zealand parrot.
(d) A Congo African Grey parrot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the final message for humanity from the narrator of "The Great Silence"?

2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what is compatible with determinism?

3. According to Binary Desire’s pitch in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," the company will maintain what aspect of the digients?

4. Which representative from Binary Desire pitches a deal to the digient owners at the start of Chapter 8 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

5. How does the narrator of "The Great Silence" describe humanity’s actions regarding the near-extinction of its species?

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