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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “What’s Expected of Us”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," the knowledge of the Predictor does what to the human logical system?
(a) Crashes it.
(b) Overrides it.
(c) Subdues it.
(d) Torments it.

2. Over what did Fuwaad and his wife argue?
(a) His infidelity.
(b) His involvement in the slave trade.
(c) His many debts.
(d) His great spending.

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," why are a third of Predictor users hospitalized?
(a) They stop eating.
(b) They lose their vision.
(c) They develop radiation poisoning.
(d) Their hearts give out.

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what does the Predictor do?
(a) Sends a signal back in time.
(b) Sends a signal to a distant planet.
(c) Sends a signal to another dimension.
(d) Sends a signal forward in time.

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what begins to sink in after one has had a Predictor for a few days?
(a) The repercussions of an unchangeable future.
(b) The repercussions of a spontaneous future.
(c) The repercussions of a limitless future.
(d) The repercussions of a hypothetical future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Fuwaad’s wife?

2. Who is the young weaver in Bashaarat’s second tale?

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," on what does civilization now depend?

4. What literary device is being employed when the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" references a “Lovecraftian horror” (59)?

5. As Fuwaad’s prepares to begin his story, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," how does he describe his tale?

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