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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which digient has been made a legal corporation, as revealed in Chapter 5 in "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
2. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," on what does civilization now depend?
3. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," what is one mystery they have never solved?
4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," what begins to sink in after one has had a Predictor for a few days?
5. According to the narrator of "Exhalation," the reader should rejoice in what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why has the digient community shrunk in Chapter 3 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
2. What happens in “The Tale of the Wife and Her Lover”?
3. What does the reader learn about the beings as the story "Exhalation" opens on pages 37 and 38?
4. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," on page 59, what happens after a person gets a Predictor?
5. What advice does the narrator of "What's Expected of Us" offer the reader on page 60?
6. 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?
7. What unauthorized usage troubles remaining owners in Chapter 4 of "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"?
8. Why does Fuwaad travel through the Gate of Years? What does he discover?
9. In "Exhalation," what irregularity occurs on the first day of the year?
10. According to the narrator of "What's Expected of Us," how does the Predictor appear to support free will? How does it support determinism?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The extinction of a species is integral to “Exhalation,” “The Great Silence,” and “The Lifecycle of Software Objects.” Discuss how this theme influences the characters in each story.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of faith.
Essay Topic 3
“The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” is a frame narrative: it is a story within a story. Explain how this story fits the definition of a frame narrative, and explain why this technique is particularly effective for this story.
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