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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Omphalos”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," it is impossible to do what?
(a) Forget a Predictor.
(b) Break a Predictor.
(c) Fool a Predictor.
(d) Shatter a Predictor.

2. What does the narrator of “Exhalation” study?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Anatomy.
(c) Aeronautics.
(d) Astrology.

3. What risky experiment does the narrator of "Exhalation" undertake?
(a) Self-diagnosis.
(b) Self-evaluation.
(c) Self-study.
(d) Self-dissection.

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 forward in time.
(d) Sends a signal to another dimension.

5. What is notable about the Atacama mummies?
(a) They do not have navels.
(b) They do not have mouths.
(c) They do not have bones.
(d) They do not have souls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Automatic Nanny?

2. What did Alex demonstrate about a nonhuman species, according to the narrator of "The Great Silence"?

3. To whom is Fuwaad addressing his tale, "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?

4. According to the narrator of "The Great Silence," what type of learners are parrots?

5. To what does the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" compare the end state of many Predictor users?

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