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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which representative from Binary Desire pitches a deal to the digient owners at the start of Chapter 8 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) Jennifer Crews.
(b) Jennifer Chum.
(c) Jennifer Crest.
(d) Jennifer Chase.

2. Who was Alex in "The Great Silence"?
(a) A yellow-crested cockatoo.
(b) An African Grey Parrot.
(c) A Hill mynah.
(d) An Australian magpie.

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

4. 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 expanding into outer space.
(b) That intelligent species do not exist outside of the Earth.
(c) That intelligent species die out before possessing technology.
(d) That intelligent species die out before contacting humans.

5. According to Binary Desire’s pitch in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," the company will fund the Neuroblast port in exchange for what?
(a) Economic rights to the digients.
(b) Exclusive rights to the digients.
(c) Non-exclusive rights to the digients.
(d) Select rights to the digients.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What company offers Ana a job after the merger "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

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

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

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

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