Annihilation Quizzes

Annihilation Quiz #1

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

Thirty

Ten

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

Pavlovian signalling

Positive reinforcement

Bribery
3 How much supplies did the twelfth expedition bring into Area X?
One years' worth

Six months' worth

Two years' worth

A decade's worth
4 How long were they told the supplies from base camp could last them?
Two years

Six months

A decade

A few weeks
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 should submit to hypnosis

They should hike to the border and await extraction

They have an hour to retreat to an underground location

They have thirty minutes to get to a "safe place"
7 How many varieties of venomous snake are they told live in Area X?
About ten

Only one

A thousand

At least six
8 The biologist says that "desolation tries ... "
To break you

To habituate you

To colonize you

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

A week

A year

Four months
10 What element of Area X wasn't represented in the maps?
The abandoned fishing town

The tower

The lighthouse

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

It tunnels into the ground

It is a silo

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

Only superiors should be contacted

Only the psychologist can attempt outside contact

It is NOT to be attempted
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?
Chemist

Psychologist

Linguist

Medic
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 seemed unqualified, even in her own field

She had previously expressed doubts about the expedition

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

Transitional environments

Fruiting bodies

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

Surveyor

Anthropologist

Psychologist
18 What natural structure does the biologist compare the interior of the tower to?
A coral reef

A snail's shell

A salt cave

Nautilus shells
19 What is the first threatening animal the group encounters?
A flock of violent geese

A mutated wild boar

A crocodile

A mutated bear
20 What happens when the biologist is initially inspecting the writing on the tower wall?
A nodule bursts on the spores and she inhales the contents

The biologist scrapes a sample off the wall

A creature from below attacks the expedition party

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

A low, gutteral moan

A transmission from Area X

The thrum of crickets and frogs from the marsh
22 What hypnotic incantation causes the surveyor and anthropologist to go slack?
Annihilation

Paralysis is not a cogent agent

Consolidation of authority

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

Allergies

An internal brightness

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

Biologist

Psychologist

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

Surveyor

Linguist

Anthropologist

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