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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Omphalos”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" begins, what is the name of the virtual world Ana visits?
(a) Data Earth.
(b) Digital Earth.
(c) VR Earth.
(d) Pixel Earth.

2. Over what did Fuwaad and his wife argue?
(a) His infidelity.
(b) His great spending.
(c) His involvement in the slave trade.
(d) His many debts.

3. 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 days of time.
(b) It separates several months of time.
(c) It separates several seconds of time.
(d) It separates several hours of time.

4. According to Binary Desire’s pitch in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," the company will fund the Neuroblast port in exchange for what?
(a) Exclusive rights to the digients.
(b) Select rights to the digients.
(c) Economic rights to the digients.
(d) Non-exclusive rights to the digients.

5. What does the merger mean for the digients, as explained in Chapter 6 "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) The end of the world.
(b) A powerful upgrade.
(c) The beginning of a new world.
(d) A new adventure.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dorothea at the end of "Omphalos," what is a miracle?

2. According to the narrator of "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," what is the point behind memory software?

3. What is the name of the European missionary who comes to Jijingi’s village?

4. According to Lionel in “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny,” what has he disproven twice over?

5. What is the name of Jijingi’s tribe?

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