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

2. What does the merger mean for the digients, as explained in Chapter 6 "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) The end of the world.
(b) The beginning of a new world.
(c) A powerful upgrade.
(d) A new adventure.

3. 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 Lives.
(c) The Gate of Time.
(d) The Gate of Memories.

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

5. 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 first receive a security upgrade.
(b) The digients must first finish school.
(c) The digients must first have sexual experience.
(d) The digients must come of age.

6. According to Binary Desire’s pitch in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," the company will fund the Neuroblast port in exchange for what?
(a) Non-exclusive rights to the digients.
(b) Exclusive rights to the digients.
(c) Economic rights to the digients.
(d) Select rights to the digients.

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

8. What is the name of the wife in Bashaarat’s second tale?
(a) Raniya.
(b) Fatima.
(c) Najya.
(d) Taahira.

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

10. In Bashaarat’s second tale, what shocked the young weaver about his future self?
(a) How grumpy he was.
(b) How extravagantly he lived.
(c) How generously he gave to charity.
(d) How poorly he lived.

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

12. What does Binary Desire produce, as revealed at the end of Chapter 7 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) Crash-test dummies.
(b) Live mannequins.
(c) Sex dolls.
(d) Virtual performers.

13. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," only what can become discouraged?
(a) A freethinking entity.
(b) A rational being.
(c) An empathic individual.
(d) A heartless individual.

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

15. To what does the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" compare the end state of many Predictor users?
(a) To an intelligent scourge.
(b) To a rational epidemic.
(c) To a logical contagion.
(d) To a cognitive plague.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While performing his risky experiment, how long does the narrator of "Exhalation" plan to work uninterrupted?

3. As the story "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" opens, what company has an opening that is perfect for Ana?

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

5. According to Bashaarat in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," what is notable about the small metal hoop in his store?

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