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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Health and Medicine.
(c) The National Museum of Industrial History.
(d) The National Museum of Psychology.

2. According to the narrator of "The Great Silence," what word means both hope and breathing?
(a) Emission.
(b) Emanation.
(c) Exhalation.
(d) Aspiration.

3. According to Lawson in "Omphalos," what is notable about 58 Eridani?
(a) It is a center-less solar system.
(b) It is a tri-centric solar system.
(c) It is a geocentric solar system.
(d) It is a heliocentric solar system.

4. What has Rosemary recently purchased in "Omphalos"?
(a) A relic of a human tibia.
(b) A relic of a deer femur.
(c) A relic of an abalone shell.
(d) A relic of a primordial fungus.

5. According to Lionel in “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny,” what has he disproven twice over?
(a) His father’s thesis.
(b) The science community's theories.
(c) His son's condition.
(d) His own beliefs.

6. In "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," who is Morrow?
(a) Nat's ex-boyfriend.
(b) Nat's counselor.
(c) Nat's brother.
(d) Nat’s manager.

7. After reading Lawson’s article, what has MuCullough come to doubt?
(a) That enlightenment is possible.
(b) That forgiveness is attainable.
(c) That God cares about humanity at all.
(d) That free will exists.

8. When does the Automatic Nanny first go on sale?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1911.

9. According to the narrator of "The Great Silence," humans have a strong desire to do what?
(a) Understand themselves.
(b) Find love.
(c) Predict the future.
(d) Make a connection.

10. According to the narrator of “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny,” Reginald Dacey originally intends his creation to be used as what?
(a) A laborsaving device.
(b) A self-regulating device.
(c) A labor-intensive device.
(d) A user-operated device.

11. How does Dorothea in "Omphalos" feel about astronomy?
(a) It is the dullest of the sciences.
(b) It is the least relevant of the sciences.
(c) It is the science of God.
(d) It is the most interesting of the sciences.

12. According to the narrator of "The Great Silence," what do parrots use to get another birds attention?
(a) Contact calls.
(b) Communication calls.
(c) Connection calls.
(d) Correspondence calls.

13. Following his son’s death, what does Lionel do?
(a) Destroy the remaining Nannies.
(b) Consign the remaining Nannies.
(c) Sell the remaining Nannies.
(d) Donate the remaining Nannies.

14. What is the name of the exhibition from which “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny” is taken?
(a) “Little Defective Adults.”
(b) “Little Warped Adults.”
(c) “Little Broken Adults.”
(d) “Little Deficient Adults.”

15. What does the European missionary promise to teach Jijingi?
(a) How to play piano.
(b) How to swim.
(c) How to speak.
(d) How to read.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the doctor who treats Edmund in “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny”?

2. According to Nat in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," her participation in Morrow’s schemes is replacement for what?

3. What is the name of Jijingi’s tribe?

4. What is Reginald Dacey’s profession?

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

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