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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) Torments it.
(b) Subdues it.
(c) Overrides it.
(d) Crashes it.

2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what appears before the button is pressed?
(a) A white light.
(b) A blue light.
(c) A green light.
(d) A red light.

3. What is the other profession of the merchant Bashaarat in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?
(a) Banker.
(b) Jeweler.
(c) Inventor.
(d) Chef.

4. What literary device is being employed when the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" references a “Lovecraftian horror” (59)?
(a) Irony.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what obvious proposition has been accepted for most of history?
(a) That they draw life from the sea.
(b) That they draw life from the stars.
(c) That they draw life from the air.
(d) That they draw life from the soil.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Bashaarat on page 12, why did Hassan’s older self not spare him from all misfortune?

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what happens at first when someone gets a Predictor?

4. By what name does Bashaarat call the large hoop in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"?

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," why has he sent this warning?

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