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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. 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) A prism.
(b) Beer.
(c) Pills.
(d) A gun.

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

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

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

5. In "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," who is Morrow?
(a) Nat's counselor.
(b) Nat’s manager.
(c) Nat's brother.
(d) Nat's ex-boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lionel send his son in 1938?

2. What is notable about the Atacama mummies?

3. According to Mr. Dahl in "Omphalos," who donated the relics being sold in the store?

4. Following his son’s death, what does Lionel do?

5. What was the name of Alex’s trainer in "The Great Silence"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are contact calls, as explained in "The Great Silence"? What do they have in common with Arecibo?

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

3. What is the Fermi Paradox? What are two solutions that attempt to solve it?

4. Who is Arthur Lawson and what has he discovered? What does this discovery indicate?

5. What are the Atacama mummies and what do they reveal to the world, according to "Omphalos"?

6. Who is Peter Silitonga in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" and what does he discover?

7. How is Edmund a product of his childhood in "Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny"?

8. Who is Scott Otsuka in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," and what does Morrow plan regarding him?

9. Who is Moseby? What does he promise to teach Jijingi in "The Truth of Facts, the Truth of Feeling"?

10. What is the effect of Lawson's discovery on Dr. McCullough in "Omphalos"? Why?

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