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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 name of the European missionary who comes to Jijingi’s village?
(a) Moseby.
(b) Mollens.
(c) Moakler.
(d) Modell.

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

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," how do some people ultimately react to the Predictor?
(a) They throw the Predictor against a wall.
(b) They use the Predictor to become wealthy.
(c) They stop engaging in spontaneous action.
(d) They experience a life of possibility.

4. According to the narrator of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," what is Neuroblast?
(a) A biological engine.
(b) A genomic engine.
(c) A virtual engine.
(d) A digital engine.

5. How does Jijingi describe words?
(a) As the bricks underneath the house.
(b) As the wood underneath the fire.
(c) As the bones underneath the meat.
(d) As the land underneath the sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Derek in Chapter 9 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," Derek opposes Ana undergoing what?

2. Following his son’s death, what does Lionel do?

3. According to the narrator of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," a digient is a digital organism designed to look like what?

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what is the end state of many Predictor users?

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

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