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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Dana and Vinessa were on a high school field trip in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," what was found in their possession?
(a) Pills.
(b) Beer.
(c) A gun.
(d) A prism.

3. What type of parrot narrates the story, "The Great Silence"?
(a) A Quaker parrot.
(b) A New Zealand parrot.
(c) A Congo African Grey parrot.
(d) A Puerto Rican parrot.

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

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

6. Whose prism does Morrow want to sell to the pop singer in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?
(a) Zareenah's.
(b) Vinessa's.
(c) Dana's.
(d) Lyle’s.

7. In 1925, the Automatic Nanny is included on a list of what?
(a) Mishaps of Science.
(b) Catastrophes of Science.
(c) Failures of Science.
(d) Disasters of Science.

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

9. What observatory does the narrator of "The Great Silence" often ponder?
(a) Arecibo.
(b) La Silla.
(c) Kitt Peak.
(d) Mauna Kea.

10. What is Reginald Dacey’s profession?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Astronomer.
(c) Mathematician.
(d) Architect.

11. What is a second solution to the Great Silence, according to the narrator of the story with the same name?
(a) That intelligent species do not exist outside of the Earth.
(b) That intelligent species die out before contacting humans.
(c) That intelligent species die out before expanding into outer space.
(d) That intelligent species die out before possessing technology.

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

13. How does Jijingi describe words?
(a) As the bricks underneath the house.
(b) As the bones underneath the meat.
(c) As the land underneath the sky.
(d) As the wood underneath the fire.

14. What is the name of the storyteller in Jijingi’s village?
(a) Popwa.
(b) Totwa.
(c) Xoxwa.
(d) Kokwa.

15. With whom does a prism allow one to communicate, as stated in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?
(a) Their metaself.
(b) Their periself.
(c) Their polyself.
(d) Their paraself.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Automatic Nanny first go on sale?

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

3. In "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," Dana runs a support group for people struggling with what issue?

4. According to the narrator of "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," videologs are unable to capture what elements of an event?

5. What is the name of the European missionary who comes to Jijingi’s village?

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