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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what is the reservoir of air that exists underground?
(a) The great heart of the world.
(b) The great stomach of the world.
(c) The great lung of the world.
(d) The great brain of the world.

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

3. As Fuwaad’s prepares to begin his story, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," how does he describe his tale?
(a) As a warning and a lesson.
(b) As fiction and fable.
(c) As advice and counsel.
(d) As facts and data.

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

5. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," how long will it take before their species died out?
(a) Many weeks.
(b) Many hours.
(c) Many days.
(d) Many centuries.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," every breath they take contributes to what?

2. Over what did Fuwaad and his wife argue?

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

4. In Bashaarat’s second tale, what shocked the young weaver about his future self?

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

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