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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Automatic Nanny?
(a) A mechanical nursemaid.
(b) A genomic nursemaid.
(c) A digital nursemaid.
(d) A virtual nursemaid.

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

3. According to Binary Desire’s pitch in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," the digients will never be subjected to what?
(a) Abuse.
(b) Coercion.
(c) Injustice.
(d) Vilification.

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what does the Predictor demonstrate?
(a) That the future does not exist.
(b) That free will does not exist.
(c) That the past does not exist.
(d) That humanity does not exist.

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," on what does civilization now depend?
(a) Self-deception.
(b) Self-actualization.
(c) Self-esteem.
(d) Self-determination.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Automatic Nanny first go on sale?

2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," how do some people ultimately react to the Predictor?

3. According to the narrator of "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," what is necessary for forgiveness?

4. According to Jijingi, what is vough?

5. How does the narrator of "The Great Silence" describe humanity’s actions regarding the near-extinction of its species?

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