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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Great Silence”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Fuwaad’s story, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," begins, he is wandering a market in what city?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Baghdad.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Istanbul.

2. What is one solution to the Great Silence, according to the narrator of the story with the same name?
(a) That intelligent species do not like humans.
(b) That intelligent species hide their presence.
(c) That intelligent species do not communicate.
(d) That intelligent species communicate through images.

3. Where does Lionel send his son in 1938?
(a) The Bingham Institute.
(b) The Beauchamp Institute.
(c) The Beverly Institute.
(d) The Brighton Institute.

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

5. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what does the inscription hypothesis fail to explain?
(a) Joy.
(b) Forgetfulness.
(c) Versatility.
(d) Precision.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job has Derek taken in Chapter 4 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

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

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

4. According to Hindu mythology, what sound created the universe?

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

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