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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Great Silence”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of parrot narrates the story, "The Great Silence"?
(a) A New Zealand parrot.
(b) A Puerto Rican parrot.
(c) A Congo African Grey parrot.
(d) A Quaker parrot.

2. What is a second solution to the Great Silence, according to the narrator of the story with the same name?
(a) That intelligent species do not exist outside of the Earth.
(b) That intelligent species die out before possessing technology.
(c) That intelligent species die out before contacting humans.
(d) That intelligent species die out before expanding into outer space.

3. With which two digients does Derek often spend time?
(a) Marco and Polo.
(b) Ferdinand and Magellan.
(c) Lief and Erikson.
(d) Daniel and Boone.

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

5. In Bashaarat’s second tale, what shocked the young weaver about his future self?
(a) How poorly he lived.
(b) How extravagantly he lived.
(c) How generously he gave to charity.
(d) How grumpy he was.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator at the end of "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," why has he begun creating his own lifelog?

2. At the end of Chapter 8 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," Ana argues that what must happen before they can decide what to do about Binary Desire?

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

4. From what does Edmund die?

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

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