Annihilation Quizzes

Annihilation Quiz #1

1 How many years have supposedly passed since the last expedition?
Three

Thirty

Ten

Two
2 How did the psychologist ensure that every member of the expedition crossed the border without issue?
Pavlovian signalling

Bribery

Hypnosis

Positive reinforcement
3 How much supplies did the twelfth expedition bring into Area X?
A decade's worth

Two years' worth

One years' worth

Six months' worth
4 How long were they told the supplies from base camp could last them?
Six months

A few weeks

A decade

Two years
5 What does the biologist describe as their "most outlandish equipment"?
Fuji film cameras

A black box with a red lens that glows red in the presence of danger

A crate of cotton candy-flavored MREs

A set of elementary compasses
6 What was the protocol if their mysterious instrument glowed red?
They have thirty minutes to get to a "safe place"

They should submit to hypnosis

They should hike to the border and await extraction

They have an hour to retreat to an underground location
7 How many varieties of venomous snake are they told live in Area X?
At least six

Only one

About ten

A thousand
8 The biologist says that "desolation tries ... "
To habituate you

To colonize you

To infiltrate you

To break you
9 How long does it take after reaching base camp for the explorers to find the tower?
Four days

Four months

A year

A week
10 What element of Area X wasn't represented in the maps?
The lighthouse

The abandoned fishing town

The tower

The border
11 What is strange about the biologist's opinion that the unmapped structure is a tower?
It is a silo

It is made of wood, not stone

It tunnels into the ground

It looks more like a house
12 What is the Southern Reach's policy on outside contact during an expedition?
Only the psychologist can attempt outside contact

Only superiors should be contacted

It is NOT to be attempted

Explorers must submit reports of findings and progress every night
13 How is the narrative being taken down?
In an old dictaphone

In a series of interviews after re-entry

In a waterproof journal issued by Southern Reach

By an omniscient narrator
14 What is the profession of the fifth explorer who never crossed the border?
Linguist

Psychologist

Medic

Chemist
15 Why is there a sense of relief at the fact that it was the linguist, specifically, who stayed behind?
She seemed unqualified, even in her own field

She had previously expressed doubts about the expedition

Linguistics seems, at the time, the least essential specialty

She was the least liked member of the group, on a personal level
16 What is the biologist's specialty?
Genetic mutation

Transitional biomes

Fruiting bodies

Transitional environments
17 Which member of the expedition opposes searching the tower before mapping the rest of the Area?
Psychologist

Biologist

Surveyor

Anthropologist
18 What natural structure does the biologist compare the interior of the tower to?
A snail's shell

A coral reef

Nautilus shells

A salt cave
19 What is the first threatening animal the group encounters?
A crocodile

A mutated wild boar

A mutated bear

A flock of violent geese
20 What happens when the biologist is initially inspecting the writing on the tower wall?
A creature from below attacks the expedition party

The biologist scrapes a sample off the wall

The anthropologist retreats in fear

A nodule bursts on the spores and she inhales the contents
21 What do the explorers hear every night at sundown?
The thrum of crickets and frogs from the marsh

The rustling of leaves and grass

A low, gutteral moan

A transmission from Area X
22 What hypnotic incantation causes the surveyor and anthropologist to go slack?
Alacazam

Paralysis is not a cogent agent

Consolidation of authority

Annihilation
23 What is the first symptom of the spore from the tower?
An internal brightness

Allergies

Immunity to hypnotic suggestion

Heightened senses
24 Who is the first to inquire about the materiality of the words on the tower wall?
Surveyor

Anthropologist

Psychologist

Biologist
25 Which of the explorers wishes she could know the biologist's thoughts?
Surveyor

Linguist

Anthropologist

Psychologist

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