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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom”.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the narrator of "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," prisms have a limited amount of what?
(a) Protons.
(b) Quarks.
(c) Ions.
(d) Neutrinos.

3. As "Omphalos" begins, in which city has Dorothea just arrived?
(a) Baltimora.
(b) Detroite.
(c) Chicagou.
(d) Hewston.

4. Who or what has sponsored of the exhibition from which “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny” is taken?
(a) The National Museum of Natural History.
(b) The National Museum of Industrial History.
(c) The National Museum of Psychology.
(d) The National Museum of Health and Medicine.

5. According to the narrator of "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," what is the point behind memory software?
(a) To remember the past.
(b) To know you were right.
(c) To admit you were wrong.
(d) To improve the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dorothea at the beginning of "Omphalos," what helps scientists determine dates that are not possible to know otherwise?

2. In "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," what is the name of the narrator's ex-wife?

3. According to the narrator of "The Great Silence," what do parrots use to get another birds attention?

4. According to Mr. Dahl in "Omphalos," who donated the relics being sold in the store?

5. In 1925, the Automatic Nanny is included on a list of what?

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