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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 white light.
(c) A green light.
(d) A red light.

2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what will follow this warning?
(a) Warnings addressing other issues.
(b) Proof of free will.
(c) A new invention.
(d) A powerful new theory.

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

4. What literary device is being employed when the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" references a “Lovecraftian horror” (59)?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Irony.

5. To what does the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" compare the end state of many Predictor users?
(a) To a logical contagion.
(b) To a rational epidemic.
(c) To an intelligent scourge.
(d) To a cognitive plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What irregularity occurs on the first day of the year in "Exhalation"?

2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," on what does civilization now depend?

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what must one pretend to have?

4. What prediction does Fuwaad make to the captain of the city guard in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?

5. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what is one mystery they have never solved?

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