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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Lifecycle of Software Objects” (Chapters 6-10).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what happens to the brain if it breached?
(a) It erupts in a cloud of gold.
(b) It melts in a puddle of gold.
(c) It dissolves in a drizzle of gold.
(d) It bursts forth in a stream of gold.

2. Ana is horrified when she discovers people have hacked the digients in order to do what?
(a) Torture them.
(b) Customize them.
(c) Marry them.
(d) Modify them.

3. According to Ana, love means what?
(a) Abandonment.
(b) Capitulation.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Surrender.

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what must one pretend to have?
(a) Hope.
(b) Memory.
(c) Discernment.
(d) Free will.

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what will follow this warning?
(a) A powerful new theory.
(b) A new invention.
(c) Proof of free will.
(d) Warnings addressing other issues.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the merger mean for the digients, as explained in Chapter 6 "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," the knowledge of the Predictor does what to the human logical system?

4. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," how long will it take before their species died out?

5. With which two digients does Derek often spend time?

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