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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

Styles

Quotes

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Story of Your Life Quiz

Ted Chiang

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

When she uses the term “yours” at the end of Part 7, Dr. Banks is referring to whom? (from Part 7)

Her daughter.

Gary Donnelly

The heptapods.

Her daughter’s father.

2.

What is the most likely reason that Dr. Banks is uncomfortable about her daughter being a financial analyst? (from Part 3)

Dr. Banks has money problems, and is concerned that her daughter will become judgmental of her.

Dr. Banks had hoped that her daughter would have become a physicist like her.

Dr. Banks thinks that all financial analysts are corrupt, and is worried about the safety of her daughter’s morals.

Dr. Banks had hoped that her daughter would have become a scientist like her.

3.

What is the difference between Heptapod A and Heptapod B? (from Part 3)

A is the verbal language of the heptapods: B is their written language. A is the verbal language of the heptapods; B is their written language.

A is the name of that Dr. Banks gives one of the heptapods; B is the name of the other.

B is the verbal language of the heptapods; A is their written language.

A is the name of the first looking glass that Dr. Banks works with; B is the name of the other.

4.

In what way does the story of Dr. Banks and her teenaged daughter going shopping develop the book’s thematic interest in individualization of identity? (from Part 3)

The story portrays Dr. Banks’ daughter as trying to achieve a degree of independence from her daughter.

The story portrays Dr. Banks’ daughter as trying to achieve a degree of independence from her mother.

The story illustrates this thematic point by providing a contrast: specifically, intensifying difficulties by highlighting similarities.

The story illustrates this thematic point by providing an example of how dangerous too much striving for independence can become.

5.

What is the most similar term for what Dr. Banks describes as the “cause and effect” way in which humans experience time? (from Part 6)

Concurrent.

Inescapable.

Fragmented.

Linear.

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