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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “What’s Expected of Us”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what happens to the brain if it breached?
(a) It dissolves in a drizzle of gold.
(b) It bursts forth in a stream of gold.
(c) It melts in a puddle of gold.
(d) It erupts in a cloud of gold.

2. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what does the inscription hypothesis fail to explain?
(a) Versatility.
(b) Forgetfulness.
(c) Precision.
(d) Joy.

3. While performing his risky experiment, how long does the narrator of "Exhalation" plan to work uninterrupted?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 10 days.

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

5. By what name does Bashaarat call the large hoop in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?
(a) The Gate of Lives.
(b) The Gate of Memories.
(c) The Gate of Years.
(d) The Gate of Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of “Exhalation” study?

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

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what appears before the button is pressed?

4. Where is Bashaarat’s first store located?

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

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