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

2. What is Reginald Dacey’s profession?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Astronomer.
(c) Architect.
(d) Mathematician.

3. Who is Rosemary in "Omphalos"?
(a) Dorothea’s cousin.
(b) Dorothea’s neighbor.
(c) Dorothea’s aunt.
(d) Dorothea’s sister.

4. Who is the narrator of "Omphalos"?
(a) Dorothea Murphy.
(b) Dorothea Mitchell.
(c) Dorothea Morrell.
(d) Dorothea Murray.

5. Following his son’s death, what does Lionel do?
(a) Consign the remaining Nannies.
(b) Sell the remaining Nannies.
(c) Destroy the remaining Nannies.
(d) Donate the remaining Nannies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator of "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," why did his wife abandon the family?

3. What did Alex demonstrate about a nonhuman species, according to the narrator of "The Great Silence"?

4. What has Rosemary recently purchased in "Omphalos"?

5. According to the narrator of "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," videologs are unable to capture what elements of an event?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In "The Great Silence," who was Alex, and what did he demonstrate to humans?

9. What does the narrator of "The Truth of Facts, the Truth of Feeling" learn about his relationship with his daughter thanks to her lifelog? How does this change his perception of himself as a father, as revealed on page 221?

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

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