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

2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," why are a third of Predictor users hospitalized?
(a) They develop radiation poisoning.
(b) They lose their vision.
(c) They stop eating.
(d) Their hearts give out.

3. According to the narrator of "The Great Silence," humans have a strong desire to do what?
(a) Find love.
(b) Make a connection.
(c) Predict the future.
(d) Understand themselves.

4. How does the narrator of "The Great Silence" describe the extinction of its species?
(a) As the end of the world.
(b) As the silencing of their voice.
(c) As the great darkness.
(d) As the loss of beauty.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," the knowledge of the Predictor does what to the human logical system?

5. What is a second solution to the Great Silence, according to the narrator of the story with the same name?

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