Annihilation Quizzes

Annihilation Quiz #1

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

Ten

Three

Thirty

Two
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?

Six months' worth

Two years' worth

One years' worth

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

A decade

Two years

A few weeks

Six months
5 What does the biologist describe as their "most outlandish equipment"?

A set of elementary compasses

A crate of cotton candy-flavored MREs

Fuji film cameras

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 an hour to retreat to an underground location

They have thirty minutes to get to a "safe place"

They should submit to hypnosis

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

At least six

Only one

A thousand

About ten
8 The biologist says that "desolation tries ... "

To colonize you

To habituate you

To break you

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

A year

Four months

Four days

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

The lighthouse

The tower

The border

The abandoned fishing town
11 What is strange about the biologist's opinion that the unmapped structure is a tower?

It looks more like a house

It tunnels into the ground

It is made of wood, not stone

It is a silo
12 What is the Southern Reach's policy on outside contact during an expedition?

It is NOT to be attempted

Only superiors should be contacted

Only the psychologist can attempt outside contact

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

In a waterproof journal issued by Southern Reach

In a series of interviews after re-entry

By an omniscient narrator

In an old dictaphone
14 What is the profession of the fifth explorer who never crossed the border?

Linguist

Medic

Psychologist

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

Linguistics seems, at the time, the least essential specialty

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

She had previously expressed doubts about the expedition
16 What is the biologist's specialty?

Transitional biomes

Transitional environments

Genetic mutation

Fruiting bodies
17 Which member of the expedition opposes searching the tower before mapping the rest of the Area?

Biologist

Surveyor

Psychologist

Anthropologist
18 What natural structure does the biologist compare the interior of the tower to?

A snail's shell

A salt cave

A coral reef

Nautilus shells
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

The anthropologist retreats in fear

A nodule bursts on the spores and she inhales the contents

The biologist scrapes a sample off the wall
21 What do the explorers hear every night at sundown?

A transmission from Area X

The thrum of crickets and frogs from the marsh

A low, gutteral moan

The rustling of leaves and grass
22 What hypnotic incantation causes the surveyor and anthropologist to go slack?

Alacazam

Consolidation of authority

Paralysis is not a cogent agent

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

An internal brightness

Heightened senses

Immunity to hypnotic suggestion

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

Surveyor

Psychologist

Anthropologist

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

Surveyor

Anthropologist

Psychologist

Linguist

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