2. According to Lionel in “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny,” what has been a failed experiment?
(a) His career.
(b) His life.
(c) His son.
(d) His dreams.

3. As "Omphalos" begins, in which city has Dorothea just arrived?
(a) Baltimora.
(b) Hewston.
(c) Chicagou.
(d) Detroite.

4. Who was Alex in "The Great Silence"?
(a) An African Grey Parrot.
(b) An Australian magpie.
(c) A yellow-crested cockatoo.
(d) A Hill mynah.

5. What caused the preservation of the Atacama mummies, as revealed in "Omphalos"?
(a) The dry desert weather.
(b) A miracle from God.
(c) A superior species.
(d) Luck.

6. How does the narrator of "The Great Silence" describe the fact that humans overlook a nonhuman species capable of communicating right in their backyard?
(a) As hyperbolic.
(b) As ironic.
(c) As metaphorical.
(d) As symbolic.

7. Who or what has sponsored of the exhibition from which “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny” is taken?
(a) The National Museum of Health and Medicine.
(b) The National Museum of Psychology.
(c) The National Museum of Industrial History.
(d) The National Museum of Natural History.

8. As "Omphalos" ends, Dorothea vows to keep trying to understand what?
(a) Who stole the relics.
(b) How the universe worked.
(c) Who created the Atacama mummies.
(d) Why the world was created.

9. How does the narrator of "The Great Silence" describe the extinction of its species?
(a) As the silencing of their voice.
(b) As the loss of beauty.
(c) As the great darkness.
(d) As the end of the world.

10. According to the narrator of "The Great Silence," what do many religions consider to be a pathway to the divine?
(a) Art.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Speech.
(d) Meditation.

11. What is the Automatic Nanny?
(a) A mechanical nursemaid.
(b) A virtual nursemaid.
(c) A digital nursemaid.
(d) A genomic nursemaid.

12. What is the real name for the Great Silence?
(a) The Fermi Mystery.
(b) The Fermi Enigma.
(c) The Fermi Paradox.
(d) The Fermi Contradiction.

13. What is the name of the elderly patient Morrow is trying to scam out of money in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?
(a) Julia Oehlsen.
(b) Jaclyn Oehlsen.
(c) Jessica Oehlsen.
(d) Jennifer Oehlsen.

14. As Dorothea waits outside the post office, she watches the construction of what cathedral?
(a) The Redwoode Cathedral.
(b) The Yelostone Cathedral.
(c) The Seekoia Cathedral.
(d) The Yosemeti Cathedral.

15. According to the narrator of "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," where do prisms transmit information?
(a) Between dimensions.
(b) Between branches of reality.
(c) Between planets.
(d) Between temporal timelines.