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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lionel send his son in 1938?
(a) The Bingham Institute.
(b) The Beauchamp Institute.
(c) The Beverly Institute.
(d) The Brighton Institute.

2. Following his son’s death, what does Lionel do?
(a) Sell the remaining Nannies.
(b) Donate the remaining Nannies.
(c) Consign the remaining Nannies.
(d) Destroy the remaining Nannies.

3. What is the name of the exhibition from which “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny” is taken?
(a) “Little Defective Adults.”
(b) “Little Deficient Adults.”
(c) “Little Broken Adults.”
(d) “Little Warped Adults.”

4. How does the narrator of "The Great Silence" describe the fact that humans overlook a nonhuman species capable of communicating right in their backyard?
(a) As ironic.
(b) As hyperbolic.
(c) As metaphorical.
(d) As symbolic.

5. What irregularity occurs on the first day of the year in "Exhalation"?
(a) The clock strikes before the crier finishes his recitation.
(b) The clock never strikes at all.
(c) The clock strikes at the moment the crier finishes his recitation.
(d) The crier finishes his recitation before the clock strikes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ana Alvarado’s first job?

2. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," each being daily consumes two sets of what?

3. According to Ana, love means what?

4. How does Jeremy Brauer describe digients in Chapter 9 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

5. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," the reader should rejoice in what?

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