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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As the story "The Lifecycle of Software Objects" opens, what company has an opening that is perfect for Ana?
(a) Blue Alpha.
(b) Blue Gamma.
(c) Blue Delta.
(d) Blue Beta.

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

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," the knowledge of the Predictor does what to the human logical system?
(a) Crashes it.
(b) Subdues it.
(c) Torments it.
(d) Overrides it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what is one mystery they have never solved?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has the digient community shrunk in Chapter 3 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," how does the Predictor appear to support free will? How does it support determinism?

3. Who are Jeremy Brauer and Frank Pearson? What does Ana learn from them in Chapter 9 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

4. What company shows interest in the digients in Chapter 7 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"? What is Derek's reaction to the company's interest?

5. What job offer does Ana receive in Chapter 7 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"? What reservations does she have? What makes her inclined to accept?

6. What happens in “The Tale of the Wife and Her Lover”?

7. What happens to some Predictor users? According to the narrator on page 59, why does this happen?

8. How has the digient community expanded in Chapter 2 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

9. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," on page 59, what happens after a person gets a Predictor?

10. Why does Fuwaad travel through the Gate of Years? What does he discover?

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