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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 05: Dissolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the expedition has had the most weapons training?
(a) The surveyor.
(b) The psychologist.
(c) The anthropologist.
(d) The biologist.

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason the biologist gives for why nobody understands Area X?
(a) Their instruments are useless.
(b) Area X can only be understood mystically.
(c) Their methodology is broken.
(d) Their motives are selfish.

3. What creature does the biologist encounter on her way back to basecamp in 04: Immersion?
(a) The dolphin with human eyes.
(b) The boar.
(c) The Crawler.
(d) The creature responsible for the moaning sound.

4. Why does the biologist know the layout of the lighthouse?
(a) She doesn't.
(b) It is a classic lighthouse that she has been to as a child.
(c) She had a dream about it.
(d) She has seen maps of it in her training.

5. What question keeps the narrator awake after she first discovers the tower in 01: Initiation?
(a) How old is it?
(b) Who built it?
(c) What is it for?
(d) What lies hidden at its base?

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator indicate will be the only other member of the expedition to last more than a day or two?

2. How does the psychologist explain the fear that the Southern Reach has for Area X?

3. What did the archaeologist from the eleventh expedition claim about their psychologist?

4. What does the biologist determine from the sheer quantity of the journals that she discovers in the lighthouse?

5. What makes the expedition team laugh over dinner in 01: Initiation?

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