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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. What is Dorothea’s profession in "Omphalos"?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Anthropologist.
(c) Archaeologist.
(d) Curator.

2. What is the real name for the Great Silence?
(a) The Fermi Mystery.
(b) The Fermi Contradiction.
(c) The Fermi Paradox.
(d) The Fermi Enigma.

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

4. What did Jorge do when he became angry at his manager in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?
(a) Slashed his tires.
(b) Broke his prism.
(c) Punched him.
(d) Burned his coat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Automatic Nanny first go on sale?

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

3. What is the name of the storyteller in Jijingi’s village?

4. Scientist Peter Silitonga performed experiments using what two things to prove using a prism was enough to make two branches diverge, in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?

5. At the end of "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," Nat realizes that what is within her grasp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Lionel Dacey resurrect the Automatic Nanny?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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