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

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

Charles Yu
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to an array of data ordered such that individual items can be located with a single index or subscript?
(a) Hypothesis.
(b) Theorem.
(c) Vector.
(d) Equation.

2. Charles stays in shape in his machine by lifting what as a weight?
(a) Spare parts.
(b) A water jug.
(c) His dog.
(d) His toolbox.

3. Who is credited in the beginning of the book for the quote, "Time does not flow. Other times are just special cases of other universes"?
(a) David Deutsch.
(b) Arthur Miller.
(c) Luke Skywalker.
(d) David Hume.

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

5. What is the name of Charles's time machine?
(a) The TTD-84 Timewarper.
(b) The Key to the Past.
(c) The Dawn of Time.
(d) The TM-31 Recreational Time Travel Device.

Short Answer Questions

1. The continuing loop in which Charles's mother relives lasts for how long in a hypothetical period of her life?

2. What does the narrator claim hurts him in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 9, Charles claims to have had a one-night stand with a human-like creature once, but he has even given up coin-operated ____ because they're not much fun.

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

5. What is on the lampshade pattern in Charles's memory with his father in the beginning of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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