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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. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what obvious proposition has been accepted for most of history?
(a) That they draw life from the air.
(b) That they draw life from the sea.
(c) That they draw life from the soil.
(d) That they draw life from the stars.

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

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

4. Who is the young weaver in Bashaarat’s second tale?
(a) Adnan.
(b) Arham.
(c) Ayan.
(d) Ajib.

5. How does Jeremy Brauer describe digients in Chapter 9 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
(a) As deal creators.
(b) As deal makers.
(c) As deal breakers.
(d) As deal shakers.

Short Answer Questions

1. While performing his risky experiment, how long does the narrator of "Exhalation" plan to work uninterrupted?

2. According to Bashaarat on page 12, why did Hassan’s older self not spare him from all misfortune?

3. Which representative from Binary Desire pitches a deal to the digient owners at the start of Chapter 8 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what is compatible with determinism?

5. According to the narrator of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," what is Neuroblast?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are Jeremy Brauer and Frank Pearson? What does Ana learn from them in Chapter 9 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. 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?

4. What unauthorized usage troubles remaining owners in Chapter 4 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?

5. What does the narrator of "Exhalation" come to understand as a result of his experiment?

6. Who is Bashaarat? What does he sell in his store?

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

8. What two theories currently explain the nature of memory, according to the story "Exhalation"?

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

10. To whom does Fuwaad address his tale on page 3? What does he say about his story?

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