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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," how do some people ultimately react to the Predictor?
(a) They use the Predictor to become wealthy.
(b) They throw the Predictor against a wall.
(c) They experience a life of possibility.
(d) They stop engaging in spontaneous action.

2. Where is Bashaarat’s first store located?
(a) Giza.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Luxor.
(d) Cairo.

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," only what can become discouraged?
(a) A heartless individual.
(b) A rational being.
(c) An empathic individual.
(d) A freethinking entity.

4. While performing his risky experiment, what does the narrator of "Exhalation" learn about their brains?
(a) Their brains are running more efficiently.
(b) Their brains are running more quickly.
(c) Their brains are running more slowly.
(d) Their brains are running more inexpertly.

5. According to Bashaarat in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," what is notable about the small metal hoop in his store?
(a) It separates several months of time.
(b) It separates several seconds of time.
(c) It separates several hours of time.
(d) It separates several days of time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the second story Bashaarat tells Fuwaad?

3. According to Bashaarat, on what street did Hassan avoid being trampled by a horse?

4. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what exists inside their arms?

5. As Fuwaad’s story, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," begins, he is wandering a market in what city?

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