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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. What is the final message for humanity from the narrator of "The Great Silence"?
(a) “You be good. I love you.”
(b) “You save us. I love you.”
(c) “You do well. I love you.”
(d) “You have hope. I love you.”

2. Whose prism does Morrow want to sell to the pop singer in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"?
(a) Dana's.
(b) Lyle’s.
(c) Zareenah's.
(d) Vinessa's.

3. Who is Rosemary in "Omphalos"?
(a) Dorothea’s cousin.
(b) Dorothea’s sister.
(c) Dorothea’s aunt.
(d) Dorothea’s neighbor.

4. According to Dorothea at the beginning of "Omphalos," what helps scientists determine dates that are not possible to know otherwise?
(a) Tree rings.
(b) Electron spin resonance.
(c) Isotopes.
(d) Carbon dating.

5. What is the Automatic Nanny?
(a) A digital nursemaid.
(b) A genomic nursemaid.
(c) A virtual nursemaid.
(d) A mechanical nursemaid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator of "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," where do prisms transmit information?

3. What is the name of the doctor who treats Edmund in “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny”?

4. What observatory does the narrator of "The Great Silence" often ponder?

5. According to the narrator of “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny,” Reginald Dacey originally intends his creation to be used as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator of "The Great Silence" say is notable about the word "aspiration" on page 234?

2. Who is Scott Otsuka in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," and what does Morrow plan regarding him?

3. Who is Vinessa in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom"? What does Dana learn about her at the end of the story?

4. What does Jijingi learn about the written versus the spoken word, thanks to Reiss in "The Truth of Facts, the Truth of Feeling"?

5. How is Edmund a product of his childhood in "Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny"?

6. What are the Atacama mummies and what do they reveal to the world, according to "Omphalos"?

7. What is the focus of the advertisements for the Automatic Nanny?

8. According to Dana on page 329 of "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," why do a person's actions matter?

9. What great irony does the narrator of "The Great Silence" discuss on page 231?

10. At the end of "Omphalos," what does Dorothea vow to continue to do?

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