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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom”.

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

2. In 1925, the Automatic Nanny is included on a list of what?
(a) Catastrophes of Science.
(b) Mishaps of Science.
(c) Failures of Science.
(d) Disasters of Science.

3. What is the name of the doctor who treats Edmund in “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny”?
(a) Dr. Lambshead.
(b) Dr. Lightfoot.
(c) Dr. Lowfield.
(d) Dr. Latear.

4. According to Mr. Dahl in "Omphalos," who donated the relics being sold in the store?
(a) Michael Osborne.
(b) Miguel Osborne.
(c) Matthew Osborne.
(d) Martin Osborne.

5. As "Omphalos" ends, Dorothea vows to keep trying to understand what?
(a) Who created the Atacama mummies.
(b) How the universe worked.
(c) Who stole the relics.
(d) Why the world was created.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Automatic Nanny?

2. According to Binary Desire’s pitch in Chapter 8 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," the company will fund the Neuroblast port in exchange for what?

3. What type of parrot narrates the story, "The Great Silence"?

4. What is one solution to the Great Silence, according to the narrator of the story with the same name?

5. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what must one pretend to have?

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