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Story of Your Life Quiz

Ted Chiang

This Study Guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Story of Your Life.

Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Symbols and Symbolism

Themes and Motifs

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Story of Your Life Quiz

Ted Chiang

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who is the father of Dr. Banks’ daughter? (from Part 8)

Gary Donnelly.

Colonel Weber.

Burghart.

Heptapod A.

2.

How does Dr. Banks’ consideration of a “Book of Ages” reflect her personal experience? (from Part 6)

The “Book of Ages” is Dr. Banks’ nickname for the complex sentences of Heptapod B.

The book’s premise – having a record of a person’s entire life – reflects Dr. Banks’ experience of being aware of all the times in her own life at the same moment.

The “Book of Ages” is Dr. Banks’ nickname for her diary.

The book’s premise – having a record of a person’s entire life – reflects Dr. Banks’ experience of being aware of all the times in the lives of the heptapods at the same moment.

3.

Dr. Banks compares her experience of starting to think in Heptapod B to what other experience? (from Part 5)

That of a deaf friend who started to think in sign language.

That of Gary Donnelly, who started to think in mathematical formulae.

That of a blind friend who started to think in Braille.

That of the heptapods, who are starting to think in human words.

4.

What is the significance of the moment with the bowl in the grocery store? (from Part 6)

It was / is the first time that Dr. Banks experiences the convergence of various time-separated incidents into a single moment.

It was / is the first time that Dr. Banks realizes that she has fallen in love with Gary Donnelly.

It was / is the first time that Dr. Banks experiences an insight into the nature of the Heptapod A vocabulary.

It was / is the first time that Dr. Banks experiences an insight into Fermat’s Principle.

5.

Who is Hossner? (from Part 5)

A suspicious diplomat who thinks the military should be careful about trusting Gary and Dr. Banks.

A suspicious diplomat who thinks the humans should be careful about trusting the heptapods.

An open-minded diplomat who thinks should whole-heartedly trust the heptapods.

An aggressive diplomat who thinks that humanity should attack the heptapods.

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