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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ana remain committed to teaching Jax at the end of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) The business of peace.
(b) The business of love.
(c) The business of virtual reality.
(d) The business of living.

3. What has Bruce Talbot programmed his digient to do?
(a) Act as his personal assistant.
(b) Act as his personal maid.
(c) Act as his personal chef.
(d) Act as his personal chauffeur.

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what must one pretend to have?
(a) Hope.
(b) Discernment.
(c) Memory.
(d) Free will.

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," it is impossible to do what?
(a) Fool a Predictor.
(b) Break a Predictor.
(c) Shatter a Predictor.
(d) Forget a Predictor.

6. Which digient is Ana’s favorite?
(a) Jax.
(b) Jaz.
(c) Jay.
(d) Jag.

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

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

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

10. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what is compatible with determinism?
(a) Every form of human behavior.
(b) Every form of human motivation.
(c) Every form of human ingenuity.
(d) Every form of human emotion.

11. According to the narrator of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," a digient is a digital organism designed to look like what?
(a) Anthropomorphic animals.
(b) Historical figures.
(c) Popular cartoons.
(d) Famous celebrities.

12. How does the narrator of "Exhalation" describe their fate on page 53?
(a) As needless.
(b) As unavoidable.
(c) As preventable.
(d) As useful.

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

14. How does Derek modify the physical appearance of his digients in Chapter 5 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) To allow them to customize themselves.
(b) To give them a polished look.
(c) To give them hair.
(d) To show them maturing.

15. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," why has he sent this warning?
(a) Because he loves humanity.
(b) Because he had no choice.
(c) Because he wants to prove free will exists.
(d) Because he wants to change the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," what is Neuroblast?

2. What developer makes a robot body so that digients may experience the world?

3. What is the name of Derek’s wife in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

4. What is the name of the second story Bashaarat tells Fuwaad?

5. What risky experiment does the narrator of "Exhalation" undertake?

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