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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what is compatible with determinism?
(a) Every form of human motivation.
(b) Every form of human ingenuity.
(c) Every form of human behavior.
(d) Every form of human emotion.

2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," why are a third of Predictor users hospitalized?
(a) They develop radiation poisoning.
(b) They stop eating.
(c) They lose their vision.
(d) Their hearts give out.

3. What has Bruce Talbot programmed his digient to do?
(a) Act as his personal chef.
(b) Act as his personal assistant.
(c) Act as his personal chauffeur.
(d) Act as his personal maid.

4. According to Bashaarat in "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate," what is notable about the small metal hoop in his store?
(a) It separates several days of time.
(b) It separates several seconds of time.
(c) It separates several hours of time.
(d) It separates several months of time.

5. To what does the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" compare the end state of many Predictor users?
(a) To a logical contagion.
(b) To a cognitive plague.
(c) To an intelligent scourge.
(d) To a rational epidemic.

6. According to Bashaarat, on what street did Hassan avoid being trampled by a horse?
(a) The Street of White Wolves.
(b) The Street of Green Dragons.
(c) The Street of Black Dogs.
(d) The Street of Blue Moons.

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

8. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what exists at the edge of the world?
(a) A solid wall of chromium.
(b) A solid wall of copper.
(c) A solid wall of zinc.
(d) A solid wall of aluminum.

9. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what does the inscription hypothesis fail to explain?
(a) Forgetfulness.
(b) Precision.
(c) Joy.
(d) Versatility.

10. With whom does Data Earth announce a merger at the start of Chapter 6 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) Polytope.
(b) Binary Desire.
(c) SaruMech.
(d) Real Space.

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

12. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what exists inside their arms?
(a) Splines and fasteners.
(b) Axles and bearings.
(c) Rods and pistons.
(d) Gears and trains.

13. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," each being daily consumes two sets of what?
(a) Stomachs.
(b) Brains.
(c) Lungs.
(d) Hearts.

14. What does Binary Desire produce, as revealed at the end of Chapter 7 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) Sex dolls.
(b) Live mannequins.
(c) Crash-test dummies.
(d) Virtual performers.

15. According to the narrator of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," a digient is a digital organism designed to look like what?
(a) Anthropomorphic animals.
(b) Popular cartoons.
(c) Famous celebrities.
(d) Historical figures.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what will follow this warning?

2. What is the name of the first story Bashaarat tells Fuwaad?

3. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what does the Predictor do?

4. How does Derek modify the physical appearance of his digients in Chapter 5 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

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

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