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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the final message for humanity from the narrator of "The Great Silence"?
(a) “You do well. I love you.”
(b) “You have hope. I love you.”
(c) “You be good. I love you.”
(d) “You save us. I love you.”

2. 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 logical contagion.
(c) To a rational epidemic.
(d) To a cognitive plague.

3. How does Jeremy Brauer describe digients in Chapter 9 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) As deal breakers.
(b) As deal shakers.
(c) As deal creators.
(d) As deal makers.

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

5. According to Binary Desire’s pitch in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," the company will maintain what aspect of the digients?
(a) Their coded circuit breakers.
(b) Their unique personalities.
(c) Their anthropomorphic appearances.
(d) Their innate curiosity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator of "The Great Silence" describe the fact that humans overlook a nonhuman species capable of communicating right in their backyard?

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," only what can become discouraged?

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what must one pretend to have?

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what happens at first when someone gets a Predictor?

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