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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. What does the narrator of “Exhalation” study?
(a) Anatomy.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Aeronautics.

2. Who is the young weaver in Bashaarat’s second tale?
(a) Ajib.
(b) Ayan.
(c) Arham.
(d) Adnan.

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what is compatible with determinism?
(a) Every form of human ingenuity.
(b) Every form of human motivation.
(c) Every form of human behavior.
(d) Every form of human emotion.

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

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," why are a third of Predictor users hospitalized?
(a) They develop radiation poisoning.
(b) They lose their vision.
(c) They stop eating.
(d) Their hearts give out.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," the reader should rejoice in what?

2. According to Bashaarat in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," what is notable about the small metal hoop in his store?

3. What is the name of the first story Bashaarat tells Fuwaad?

4. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what exists at the edge of the world?

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," it is impossible to do what?

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