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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," what is the name of the narrator's ex-wife?
(a) Amelia.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Angela.
(d) Annie.

2. According to the narrator of "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," what is the point behind memory software?
(a) To remember the past.
(b) To know you were right.
(c) To improve the future.
(d) To admit you were wrong.

3. What did Alex demonstrate about a nonhuman species, according to the narrator of "The Great Silence"?
(a) That one could communicate.
(b) That one could grasp abstract concepts.
(c) That one could be smarter than humans.
(d) That one could create a mythology.

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

5. Who fatally shoots Morrow in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?
(a) Grant Oehlsen.
(b) Glenn Oehlsen.
(c) Greg Oehlsen.
(d) George Oehlsen.

6. 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) A prism.
(c) Beer.
(d) A gun.

7. What is the final message for humanity from the narrator of "The Great Silence"?
(a) “You do well. I love you.”
(b) “You save us. I love you.”
(c) “You be good. I love you.”
(d) “You have hope. I love you.”

8. Who is Rosemary in "Omphalos"?
(a) Dorothea’s sister.
(b) Dorothea’s aunt.
(c) Dorothea’s cousin.
(d) Dorothea’s neighbor.

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

10. According to of "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," what is the name of the software that enables people to record lifelogs?
(a) Remem.
(b) Commem.
(c) Consid.
(d) Recall.

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) Astronomy and genetics.
(b) Oceanography and marriages.
(c) Tree rings and genetic analysis.
(d) Weather and conception.

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

13. 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.

14. What does Dana realize at the end of "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?
(a) She was not to blame for Vinessa's troubled life.
(b) She was mostly to blame for Vinessa's troubled life.
(c) She was slightly to blame for Vinessa's troubled life.
(d) She was fully to blame for Vinessa's troubled life.

15. What is Dorothea’s profession in "Omphalos"?
(a) Curator.
(b) Anthropologist.
(c) Archaeologist.
(d) Psychologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Dorothea waits outside the post office, she watches the construction of what cathedral?

2. What did Jorge do when he became angry at his manager in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?

3. According to the narrator of "The Great Silence," what do parrots use to get another birds attention?

4. According to Dorothea in "Omphalos," creation falls outside of what?

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

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