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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company offers Ana a job after the merger "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

2. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," every breath they take contributes to what?

3. What does Binary Desire produce, as revealed at the end of Chapter 7 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

4. As the story "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" opens, what company has an opening that is perfect for Ana?

5. As Fuwaad’s story, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," begins, he is wandering a market in what city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two theories currently explain the nature of memory, according to the story "Exhalation"?

2. What happens in "The Tale of the Fortunate Rope-Maker"?

3. What does the reader learn about the beings as the story "Exhalation" opens on pages 37 and 38?

4. What happens to some Predictor users? According to the narrator on page 59, why does this happen?

5. What is the public's reaction to the narrator's discovery in "Exhalation"? How does the narrator react?

6. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," how does the Predictor appear to support free will? How does it support determinism?

7. Who is Jennifer Chase? What pitch does she make in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

8. How has the digient community expanded in Chapter 2 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

9. What have people come to expect from digients in Chapter 5 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

10. What happens in “The Tale of the Weaver Who Stole from Himself”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Internal conflicts are apparent in nearly every story in the collection. Discuss three different characters (from three different stories) who experience a conflict with themselves. Explain the nature of the conflict, how it is (or is not resolved), and how it impacts the story’s plot.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the Predictor and the prism. How are they similar, and how are they different? Support your answers with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

The role of speech is central to several stories in the collection. Choose two and explain how speech is central not only to the story’s plot but also to its themes.

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