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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," how long will it take before their species died out?
(a) Many weeks.
(b) Many hours.
(c) Many centuries.
(d) Many days.

2. What risky experiment does the narrator of "Exhalation" undertake?
(a) Self-study.
(b) Self-dissection.
(c) Self-evaluation.
(d) Self-diagnosis.

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what is the end state of many Predictor users?
(a) Athymhormic syndrome.
(b) Abulic aphasia.
(c) Akinetic mutism.
(d) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

4. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what obvious proposition has been accepted for most of history?
(a) That they draw life from the sea.
(b) That they draw life from the soil.
(c) That they draw life from the stars.
(d) That they draw life from the air.

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what happens at first when someone gets a Predictor?
(a) They learn how to outwit it.
(b) They play with it compulsively.
(c) They find themselves unable to sleep.
(d) They find it boring and forget about it.

6. According to Bashaarat on page 12, why did Hassan’s older self not spare him from all misfortune?
(a) To allow his younger self the experience of fear.
(b) To allow his younger self the experience of joy.
(c) To allow his younger self the experience of discovery.
(d) To allow his younger self the experience of passion.

7. Where is Bashaarat’s first store located?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Giza.
(d) Luxor.

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

9. What was the name of Fuwaad’s wife?
(a) Amira.
(b) Taahira.
(c) Najya.
(d) Raniya.

10. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," each being daily consumes two sets of what?
(a) Stomachs.
(b) Lungs.
(c) Hearts.
(d) Brains.

11. What was Ana Alvarado’s first job?
(a) Zookeeper.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Therapist.
(d) Painter.

12. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what does the Predictor do?
(a) Sends a signal to another dimension.
(b) Sends a signal forward in time.
(c) Sends a signal back in time.
(d) Sends a signal to a distant planet.

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

14. As Chapter 9 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" begins, Ana speaks with two researchers for Exponential Applicances, a company that produces what?
(a) Holograms.
(b) Self-driving cars.
(c) Household robots.
(d) Kitchen appliances.

15. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," the knowledge of the Predictor does what to the human logical system?
(a) Subdues it.
(b) Crashes it.
(c) Overrides it.
(d) Torments it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the third story Bashaarat tells Fuwaad?

2. What does the merger mean for the digients, as explained in Chapter 6 "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

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

4. What literary device is being employed when the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" references a “Lovecraftian horror” (59)?

5. How does the narrator of "Exhalation" describe their fate on page 53?

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