How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Charles Yu
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A book excerpt, "reality, in relation to," says Universe 31 has a science fiction _____ wrapped around it.
(a) Vibe.
(b) Atmosphere.
(c) Substrate.
(d) Aura.

2. Who is credited in the beginning of the book for the quote, "Everything we are is at every moment alive in us"?
(a) David Hume.
(b) David Deutsch.
(c) Arthur Miller.
(d) Luke Skywalker.

3. Charles believes the present and chronology are overrated because most people who move ahead in time are always doing what?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Checking the calendar.
(c) Regretting their past.
(d) Looking back.

4. Specifically, Charles's occupational title is "certified network technician" for what devices?
(a) F-grade family time transporters.
(b) R-type personal time machines.
(c) Q-724 Skywalkers.
(d) T-Class personal-use chronogrammatical vehicles.

5. What refers to the original or model on which something is based or formed?
(a) Patent.
(b) Schematic.
(c) Prototype.
(d) Rough draft.

Short Answer Questions

1. What customers want, Charles says, is to repeatedly experience the _____ moments of their lives repeatedly.

2. A book excerpt, "reality, in relation to," says Universe 31 is what percent reality at the core?

3. Whose face does the narrator claim he sees his own turning into in the mirror in Chapter 1?

4. Who is credited with the first quote in the book, which begins, "We are never intimately conscious of anything but a particular perception"?

5. What statement follows "When it happens, this is what happens" in the opening of the book?

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