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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Dorothea at the beginning of "Omphalos," how old is the Earth?
(a) 9,912 years.
(b) 12,912 years.
(c) 8,912 years.
(d) 10,912 years.

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

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

5. According to the narrator of “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny,” what is Reginald Dacey initially inspired to create?
(a) A teaching machine.
(b) A sewing machine.
(c) A washing machine.
(d) An adding machine.

6. Why does Jorge want to consult a prism in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?
(a) To see if kindness is reflective of his true character.
(b) To see if rage is reflective of his true character.
(c) To see if obsessive thoughts is reflective of his true character.
(d) To see if anxiety is reflective of his true character.

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

8. What was the name of Alex’s trainer in "The Great Silence"?
(a) Ivy Pepperberg.
(b) Iris Pepperberg.
(c) Irene Pepperberg.
(d) Isabella Pepperberg.

9. In "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," Silitonga’s first experiment proved that activating a prism was enough to disturb what?
(a) A single carbon molecule.
(b) A single nitrogen molecule.
(c) A single hydrogen molecule.
(d) A single oxygen molecule.

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

11. Scientist Peter Silitonga performed experiments using what two things to prove using a prism was enough to make two branches diverge, in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?
(a) Oceanography and marriages.
(b) Weather and conception.
(c) Tree rings and genetic analysis.
(d) Astronomy and genetics.

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

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

14. According to Nicole, why did her relationship with her father improve?
(a) Therapy.
(b) Forgetfulness.
(c) Medication.
(d) Hypnosis.

15. According to Reginald Dacey of “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny,” what creates rational children?
(a) Empathic child-rearing.
(b) Dynamic child-rearing.
(c) Rational child-rearing.
(d) Aggressive child-rearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," what is the point behind memory software?

2. According to Hindu mythology, what sound created the universe?

3. What does Jijingi learn about the act of writing?

4. What type of parrot narrates the story, "The Great Silence"?

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

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