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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 Jijingi, what is mimi?
(a) That which is true.
(b) That which is precise.
(c) That which is faithful.
(d) That which is right.

2. What is the name of the chief in Jijingi’s village?
(a) Sabe.
(b) Sobe.
(c) Sebe.
(d) Sibe.

3. 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.

4. At the end of "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," Nat realizes that what is within her grasp?
(a) Peace.
(b) Faith.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Hope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As "Omphalos" ends, Dorothea vows to keep trying to understand what?

2. According to the narrator of "The Great Silence," what do many religions consider to be a pathway to the divine?

3. Who is the narrator of "Omphalos"?

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 storyteller in Jijingi’s village?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the extinction of its species mean to the narrator in "The Great Silence"?

2. Who is Morrow in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"? Who is Jessica Oehlsen and what does Morrow plan for her?

3. What happens after the Automatic Nanny hits the market in 1901? Why does it ultimately fail?

4. Why does Lionel Dacey resurrect the Automatic Nanny?

5. As explained in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," what is a prism? What does it allow the user to do?

6. What inspires Reginald Dacey to create the Automatic Nanny, as revealed on page 175?

7. Who is Vinessa in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"? What does Dana learn about her at the end of the story?

8. As stated in "Omphalos," how old is the universe? How have scientists learned this information?

9. What does Jijingi learn about the written versus the spoken word, thanks to Reiss in "The Truth of Facts, the Truth of Feeling"?

10. What is the focus of the advertisements for the Automatic Nanny?

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