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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. 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.

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

3. Whose prism does Morrow want to sell to the pop singer in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?
(a) Zareenah's.
(b) Vinessa's.
(c) Lyle’s.
(d) Dana's.

4. According to Dorothea at the end of "Omphalos," what is a miracle?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Emotional bonds.
(c) The ability to think.
(d) Free will.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one solution to the Great Silence, according to the narrator of the story with the same name?

2. According to the narrator of "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," where do prisms transmit information?

3. What caused the preservation of the Atacama mummies, as revealed in "Omphalos"?

4. According to Lawson in "Omphalos," what is notable about 58 Eridani?

5. According to the narrator of "The Great Silence," what word means both hope and breathing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lionel Dacey resurrect the Automatic Nanny?

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

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

4. What great irony does the narrator of "The Great Silence" discuss on page 231?

5. At the end of "Omphalos," what does Dorothea vow to continue to do?

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

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

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

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

10. According to Dana on page 329 of "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," why do a person's actions matter?

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