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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what happens to the brain if it breached?
(a) It dissolves in a drizzle of gold.
(b) It bursts forth in a stream of gold.
(c) It erupts in a cloud of gold.
(d) It melts in a puddle of gold.

3. According to Ana, love means what?
(a) Abandonment.
(b) Capitulation.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Surrender.

4. What is Derek Brook’s role in developing the digients?
(a) He designs their personalities.
(b) He designs their avatars.
(c) He designs their environments.
(d) He designs their clothing.

5. How does the narrator describe Sophonce digients in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) As charmless.
(b) As brainless.
(c) As loveless.
(d) As harmless.

6. How does Jax injure the robot suit at the beginning of Chapter 6 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) Attempting to wrestle.
(b) Attempting to lift weights.
(c) Attempting a cartwheel.
(d) Attempting to play basketball.

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

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

9. According to Derek in Chapter 9 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," Derek opposes Ana undergoing what?
(a) Neurological manipulation.
(b) Neurological choreography.
(c) Neurological operation.
(d) Neurological engineering.

10. At the end of Chapter 8 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," Ana argues that what must happen before they can decide what to do about Binary Desire?
(a) The digients must come of age.
(b) The digients must first receive a security upgrade.
(c) The digients must first finish school.
(d) The digients must first have sexual experience.

11. Which digient has been made a legal corporation, as revealed in Chapter 5 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) Voyt.
(b) Vyne.
(c) Voyl.
(d) Vyrne.

12. What is the name of the first story Bashaarat tells Fuwaad?
(a) "The Tale of the Unhappy Rope-Maker."
(b) "The Tale of the Fortunate Rope-Maker."
(c) "The Tale of the Unfortunate Rope-Maker."
(d) "The Tale of the Foolish Rope-Maker."

13. By what name does Bashaarat call the large hoop in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?
(a) The Gate of Years.
(b) The Gate of Memories.
(c) The Gate of Lives.
(d) The Gate of Time.

14. According to Bashaarat, on what street did Hassan avoid being trampled by a horse?
(a) The Street of Green Dragons.
(b) The Street of White Wolves.
(c) The Street of Black Dogs.
(d) The Street of Blue Moons.

15. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what exists inside their arms?
(a) Splines and fasteners.
(b) Gears and trains.
(c) Axles and bearings.
(d) Rods and pistons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What irregularity occurs on the first day of the year in "Exhalation"?

2. In Bashaarat’s second tale, what shocked the young weaver about his future self?

3. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," each being daily consumes two sets of what?

4. What prediction does Fuwaad make to the captain of the city guard in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?

5. As Fuwaad’s story, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," begins, he is wandering a market in what city?

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