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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," how long will it take before their species died out?
(a) Many hours.
(b) Many days.
(c) Many centuries.
(d) Many weeks.

2. How does Jeremy Brauer describe digients in Chapter 9 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) As deal makers.
(b) As deal breakers.
(c) As deal shakers.
(d) As deal creators.

3. As Fuwaad’s story, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," begins, he is wandering a market in what city?
(a) Baghdad.
(b) Damascus.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Istanbul.

4. To what does the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" compare the end state of many Predictor users?
(a) To a logical contagion.
(b) To a cognitive plague.
(c) To an intelligent scourge.
(d) To a rational epidemic.

5. What is Derek Brook’s role in developing the digients?
(a) He designs their personalities.
(b) He designs their avatars.
(c) He designs their environments.
(d) He designs their clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," the reader should rejoice in what?

2. According to the narrator of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," a digient is a digital organism designed to look like what?

3. What does the narrator of “Exhalation” study?

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what must one pretend to have?

5. How does Jax injure the robot suit at the beginning of Chapter 6 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What companies announce a merger in Chapter 6 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"? How will the merger affect the digients?

2. What experiment does the narrator of "Exhalation" undertake in order to understand the irregularity? How does he prepare for the experiment?

3. In "Exhalation," what irregularity occurs on the first day of the year?

4. What unauthorized usage troubles remaining owners in Chapter 4 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

5. Who are Jeremy Brauer and Frank Pearson? What does Ana learn from them in Chapter 9 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

6. What have people come to expect from digients in Chapter 5 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

7. What does the narrator of "Exhalation" come to understand as a result of his experiment?

8. To whom does Fuwaad address his tale on page 3? What does he say about his story?

9. What happens to the three main digients in Chapter 10 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

10. What job offer does Ana receive in Chapter 7 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"? What reservations does she have? What makes her inclined to accept?

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