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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 does the Predictor do?
(a) Sends a signal to a distant planet.
(b) Sends a signal forward in time.
(c) Sends a signal back in time.
(d) Sends a signal to another dimension.

2. 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 wants to change the future.
(d) Because he had no choice.

3. What prediction does Fuwaad make to the captain of the city guard in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?
(a) That the Caliph's grandson would be born via caesarean section.
(b) That the Caliph’s grandson would be born an albino.
(c) That the Caliph's grandson would be born in a caul.
(d) That the Caliph's grandson would be born prematurely.

4. What risky experiment does the narrator of "Exhalation" undertake?
(a) Self-dissection.
(b) Self-study.
(c) Self-diagnosis.
(d) Self-evaluation.

5. What is the name of the wife in Bashaarat’s second tale?
(a) Taahira.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Raniya.
(d) Najya.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. While performing his risky experiment, how long does the narrator of "Exhalation" plan to work uninterrupted?

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

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