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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Great Silence”.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. At the end of Chapter 8 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," Ana argues that what must happen before they can decide what to do about Binary Desire?
(a) The digients must first have sexual experience.
(b) The digients must first receive a security upgrade.
(c) The digients must first finish school.
(d) The digients must come of age.
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?
(a) As metaphorical.
(b) As symbolic.
(c) As hyperbolic.
(d) As ironic.
3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what is the end state of many Predictor users?
(a) Akinetic mutism.
(b) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
(c) Athymhormic syndrome.
(d) Abulic aphasia.
4. What is the final message for humanity from the narrator of "The Great Silence"?
(a) “You do well. I love you.”
(b) “You save us. I love you.”
(c) “You be good. I love you.”
(d) “You have hope. I love you.”
5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," it is impossible to do what?
(a) Forget a Predictor.
(b) Fool a Predictor.
(c) Shatter a Predictor.
(d) Break a Predictor.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. According to Binary Desire’s pitch in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," the company will maintain what aspect of the digients?
3. How does the narrator of "The Great Silence" describe the extinction of its species?
4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," how do some people ultimately react to the Predictor?
5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what happens at first when someone gets a Predictor?
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