Cards in this guide (16)
Which premise would best fit in a work of dystopian fiction
Can an artificial intelligence that has taken over the world every be stopped?
What moral question does the presence of robots and cyborgs in science fiction most often inspire
what is the difference between humans and machines?
What task could Hisashige Tanaka's robots perform
In exhalation what is the inscription hypothesis
The belief that memory is recorded as writing in the brain
How does Bradbury create irony in his story the pedestrian
Mead goes to a psychiatric center for participating in a ordinary activity (apex)
Which technology was originally predicted by a science fiction writer
There are lots of such technologies. Here are two examples:
* Something very similar to cell phones appears in Star Trek. I am not sure which writer thought about that, though.
* Robert Heinlein invented a water bed, but never patented it.
What does the narrator hope to discover by auto-dissecting his own brain Exhalation
The source of memories. APEX
How does the narrator and exhalation most clearly change from the beginning to the end of the story
at the story’s beginning , he is a methodical thinker , but by the end , he becomes more introspective
What is the subject matter of the story Exhalation
Which story element most clearly categorizes Exhalation as a work of science fiction
Its mechanical characters
What idea is the narrator in Exhalation most clearly promoting to the reader
The importance of seeing beauty in mere existence.
How does the narrator in Exhalation plan to discover the cause of the clock discrepancy
By performing an auto-dissection of his brain
What is one main idea in ted chiangs exhalation
The power of the scientific method.
Which science fiction premise is the best example of irony
The desire to keep people secure leads to a future in which the military controls everything.
In "The Pedestrian", what idea mostly clearly indicates that mead is an unusual person in his society
his choice of walking for enjoyment
or
he dont have a TV
which statement best describes people in harrison bergeron
People are equals due to the enforcement of handicaps