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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lionel send his son in 1938?
(a) The Bingham Institute.
(b) The Beauchamp Institute.
(c) The Brighton Institute.
(d) The Beverly Institute.

2. What does Jijingi learn about the act of writing?
(a) Writing is doing.
(b) Writing is thinking.
(c) Writing is breathing.
(d) Writing is hoping.

3. According to Jijingi, what is vough?
(a) That which is right.
(b) That which is precise.
(c) That which is faithful.
(d) That which is true.

4. Morrow concocts a plan to sell a prism to which pop singer in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?
(a) Steve Otsuka.
(b) Simon Otsuka.
(c) Scott Otsuka.
(d) Sean Otsuka.

5. According to Dorothea in "Omphalos," creation falls outside of what?
(a) The causal chain.
(b) The rational chain.
(c) The stimulus chain.
(d) The accidental chain.

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

7. On what do the ads for the Automatic Nanny focus?
(a) Improved children.
(b) The modern life.
(c) The affordable cost.
(d) Disreputable nannies.

8. According to Dorothea at the beginning of "Omphalos," what helps scientists determine dates that are not possible to know otherwise?
(a) Carbon dating.
(b) Tree rings.
(c) Isotopes.
(d) Electron spin resonance.

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

10. According to Hindu mythology, what sound created the universe?
(a) Hum.
(b) Om.
(c) Mani.
(d) Padme.

11. What is notable about the Atacama mummies?
(a) They do not have souls.
(b) They do not have bones.
(c) They do not have navels.
(d) They do not have mouths.

12. When Lionel brings Edmund home, he dedicates himself to what?
(a) Creating a machine to love Edmund.
(b) Raising Edmund via machines.
(c) Weaning Edmund off machines.
(d) Discovering a cure for Edmund's condition.

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

14. According to Wilhelmina in "Omphalos," why did she steal the relics?
(a) To strengthen the faith of others.
(b) To turn people toward science.
(c) To undermine the faith of others.
(d) To turn people away from science.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1925, the Automatic Nanny is included on a list of what?

2. After reading Lawson’s article, what has MuCullough come to doubt?

3. How does Dorothea in "Omphalos" feel about astronomy?

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

5. What is a second solution to the Great Silence, according to the narrator of the story with the same name?

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