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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. According to the narrator of "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," prisms have a limited amount of what?
2. How does Dorothea in "Omphalos" feel about astronomy?
3. What is the Automatic Nanny?
4. According to Lionel in “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny,” what has he disproven twice over?
5. How does the narrator of "The Great Silence" describe the extinction of its species?
Short Essay Questions
1. As explained in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," what is a prism? What does it allow the user to do?
2. Who is Moseby? What does he promise to teach Jijingi in "The Truth of Facts, the Truth of Feeling"?
3. What vow does Lionel make on page 184 of "Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny"? What prompts this promise?
4. What great irony does the narrator of "The Great Silence" discuss on page 231?
5. What are contact calls, as explained in "The Great Silence"? What do they have in common with Arecibo?
6. Who is Morrow in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"? Who is Jessica Oehlsen and what does Morrow plan for her?
7. What is the focus of the advertisements for the Automatic Nanny?
8. Who is Peter Silitonga in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" and what does he discover?
9. At the end of "Omphalos," what does Dorothea vow to continue to do?
10. Who is Scott Otsuka in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," and what does Morrow plan regarding him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Parents play an important role in several stories. Discuss the impact of parents on three characters from three different stories. Explain how each parent develops the plot and themes of the collection.
Essay Topic 2
How is the natural world portrayed in these stories? Discuss three stories and analyze the role the natural world plays in each.
Essay Topic 3
The role of technology is central to the stories in Exhalation. Choose three stories and discuss the role technology plays in each. Is technology a positive or negative thing?
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