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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 "The Great Silence," what do many religions consider to be a pathway to the divine?
(a) Art.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Speech.
(d) Meditation.

2. As "Omphalos" ends, Dorothea vows to keep trying to understand what?
(a) Who stole the relics.
(b) Who created the Atacama mummies.
(c) Why the world was created.
(d) How the universe worked.

3. What caused the preservation of the Atacama mummies, as revealed in "Omphalos"?
(a) Luck.
(b) The dry desert weather.
(c) A superior species.
(d) A miracle from God.

4. What is the Automatic Nanny?
(a) A genomic nursemaid.
(b) A digital nursemaid.
(c) A virtual nursemaid.
(d) A mechanical nursemaid.

5. According to the narrator of "The Great Silence," what do parrots use to get another birds attention?
(a) Contact calls.
(b) Correspondence calls.
(c) Connection calls.
(d) Communication calls.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny,” Reginald Dacey originally intends his creation to be used as what?

2. Whose prism does Morrow want to sell to the pop singer in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?

3. According to the narrator of “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny,” Reginald Dacey is so compelled to finish his creation that he is not even deterred by what event?

4. According to the narrator of "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," what is necessary for forgiveness?

5. What is the name of the elderly patient Morrow is trying to scam out of money in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is mimi in "The Truth of Facts, the Truth of Feeling"? What is vough?

2. Who is Angela in "The Truth of Facts, the Truth of Feeling"? What does the reader learn about her on page 186?

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

4. What vow does Lionel make on page 184 of "Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny"? What prompts this promise?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who stole the relics, as Dorothea discovers on page 252 of "Omphalos"? How does this person justify the theft?

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