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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. In "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," Dana runs a support group for people struggling with what issue?

2. What is the name of the European missionary who comes to Jijingi’s village?

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

4. Following his son’s death, what does Lionel do?

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

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. What are the Atacama mummies and what do they reveal to the world, according to "Omphalos"?

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

4. What inspires Reginald Dacey to create the Automatic Nanny, as revealed on page 175?

5. Why does Lionel Dacey resurrect the Automatic Nanny?

6. How is Edmund a product of his childhood in "Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny"?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the natural world portrayed in these stories? Discuss three stories and analyze the role the natural world plays in each.

Essay Topic 2

How is the prism found in “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” symbolic of the themes presented throughout the entire collection? Choose three other stories and explain.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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