View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of “Exhalation” study?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Aeronautics.
(d) Anatomy.

2. According to the narrator of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," what is Neuroblast?
(a) A genomic engine.
(b) A virtual engine.
(c) A digital engine.
(d) A biological engine.

3. What company offers Ana a job after the merger "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) Mechatope.
(b) Semitope.
(c) Multitope.
(d) Polytope.

4. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what is one mystery they have never solved?
(a) The nature of memory.
(b) The nature of the universe.
(c) The nature of speech.
(d) The nature of movement.

5. Following his son’s death, what does Lionel do?
(a) Donate the remaining Nannies.
(b) Sell the remaining Nannies.
(c) Destroy the remaining Nannies.
(d) Consign the remaining Nannies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jax injure the robot suit at the beginning of Chapter 6 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

2. What was Ana Alvarado’s first job?

3. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what exists at the edge of the world?

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," on what does civilization now depend?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 228 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample