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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. What is the final message for humanity from the narrator of "The Great Silence"?
2. What is the name of the European missionary who comes to Jijingi’s village?
3. As "Omphalos" begins, in which city has Dorothea just arrived?
4. According to the narrator of "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling," videologs are unable to capture what elements of an event?
5. In "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom," who is Morrow?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator of "The Truth of Facts, the Truth of Feeling" learn about his relationship with his daughter thanks to her lifelog? How does this change his perception of himself as a father, as revealed on page 221?
2. What is the focus of the advertisements for the Automatic Nanny?
3. What inspires Reginald Dacey to create the Automatic Nanny, as revealed on page 175?
4. In "The Great Silence," who was Alex, and what did he demonstrate to humans?
5. What great irony does the narrator of "The Great Silence" discuss on page 231?
6. What is Remem in "The Truth of Facts, the Truth of Feeling"? What are some positive effects of this technology, as the author discovers? What are some negative effects?
7. Who is Peter Silitonga in "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" and what does he discover?
8. What are the Atacama mummies and what do they reveal to the world, according to "Omphalos"?
9. What vow does Lionel make on page 184 of "Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny"? What prompts this promise?
10. Who is Angela in "The Truth of Facts, the Truth of Feeling"? What does the reader learn about her on page 186?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many characters in this collection highlight the idea the past is never truly past. Choose three characters (from three different stories) and explain how each illustrates this idea.
Essay Topic 2
Internal conflicts are apparent in nearly every story in the collection. Discuss three different characters (from three different stories) who experience a conflict with themselves. Explain the nature of the conflict, how it is (or is not resolved), and how it impacts the story’s plot.
Essay Topic 3
How is the natural world portrayed in these stories? Discuss three stories and analyze the role the natural world plays in each.
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