Annihilation Quizzes

Annihilation Quiz #1

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

Three

Two

Ten
2 How did the psychologist ensure that every member of the expedition crossed the border without issue?
Hypnosis

Bribery

Pavlovian signalling

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

Six months' worth

Two years' worth

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

A decade

A few weeks

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

A crate of cotton candy-flavored MREs

A set of elementary compasses

A black box with a red lens that glows red in the presence of danger
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 have an hour to retreat to an underground location

They should hike to the border and await extraction
7 How many varieties of venomous snake are they told live in Area X?
About ten

A thousand

At least six

Only one
8 The biologist says that "desolation tries ... "
To habituate you

To break you

To infiltrate you

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

A year

Four days

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

The tower

The lighthouse

The abandoned fishing town
11 What is strange about the biologist's opinion that the unmapped structure is a tower?
It is made of wood, not stone

It looks more like a house

It tunnels into the ground

It is a silo
12 What is the Southern Reach's policy on outside contact during an expedition?
Explorers must submit reports of findings and progress every night

It is NOT to be attempted

Only superiors should be contacted

Only the psychologist can attempt outside contact
13 How is the narrative being taken down?
In a waterproof journal issued by Southern Reach

In an old dictaphone

By an omniscient narrator

In a series of interviews after re-entry
14 What is the profession of the fifth explorer who never crossed the border?
Psychologist

Linguist

Medic

Chemist
15 Why is there a sense of relief at the fact that it was the linguist, specifically, who stayed behind?
Linguistics seems, at the time, the least essential specialty

She had previously expressed doubts about the expedition

She was the least liked member of the group, on a personal level

She seemed unqualified, even in her own field
16 What is the biologist's specialty?
Fruiting bodies

Transitional environments

Transitional biomes

Genetic mutation
17 Which member of the expedition opposes searching the tower before mapping the rest of the Area?
Anthropologist

Psychologist

Biologist

Surveyor
18 What natural structure does the biologist compare the interior of the tower to?
A salt cave

A snail's shell

Nautilus shells

A coral reef
19 What is the first threatening animal the group encounters?
A flock of violent geese

A mutated bear

A mutated wild boar

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

A nodule bursts on the spores and she inhales the contents

The biologist scrapes a sample off the wall

The anthropologist retreats in fear
21 What do the explorers hear every night at sundown?
The rustling of leaves and grass

A transmission from Area X

A low, gutteral moan

The thrum of crickets and frogs from the marsh
22 What hypnotic incantation causes the surveyor and anthropologist to go slack?
Paralysis is not a cogent agent

Alacazam

Annihilation

Consolidation of authority
23 What is the first symptom of the spore from the tower?
Heightened senses

Immunity to hypnotic suggestion

An internal brightness

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

Biologist

Anthropologist

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

Anthropologist

Linguist

Psychologist

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