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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 "What's Expected of Us," what appears before the button is pressed?
(a) A blue light.
(b) A red light.
(c) A white light.
(d) A green light.

2. What is the other profession of the merchant Bashaarat in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?
(a) Inventor.
(b) Chef.
(c) Banker.
(d) Jeweler.

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," why has he sent this warning?
(a) Because he loves humanity.
(b) Because he wants to prove free will exists.
(c) Because he had no choice.
(d) Because he wants to change the future.

4. What is the name of the third story Bashaarat tells Fuwaad?
(a) “The Tale of the Wife and Her Sister."
(b) “The Tale of the Wife and Her Lover."
(c) “The Tale of the Wife and Her Husband."
(d) “The Tale of the Wife and Her Son."

5. How does the narrator of "Exhalation" describe their fate on page 53?
(a) As preventable.
(b) As needless.
(c) As unavoidable.
(d) As useful.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" compare the end state of many Predictor users?

2. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what obvious proposition has been accepted for most of history?

3. While performing his risky experiment, what does the narrator of "Exhalation" learn about their world?

4. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what is the reservoir of air that exists underground?

5. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," each being daily consumes two sets of what?

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