Story of Your Life Quizzes

Story of Your Life Quiz 1

By Adrienne Allen · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed January 06, 2021

1 Who is the narrator of "Story of Your Life"?

Colonel Webster

Louise

Gary

the daughter
2 When was "Story of Your Life" first published?

1998

2001

2002

1999
3 In which anthology did "Story of Your Life" first appear?

The Sci Fi Quarterly

Best American Short Stories 1999

Starlight 2

Horror Mystery and Science Quarterly
4 Where was "Story of Your Life" published for the second time?

The Great Silence (2016)

Exhalation: Stories (2020)

Stories of Your Life and Others (2002)

Lightspeed Magazine (2001)
5 Which of the following awards did the novella win in 2000?

Pulitzer Prize

Nebula Award

Hugo Award for Best Novella

Ruth Lilly Award
6 How many languages has "Story of Your Life" been translated into?

three: Italian, Japanese, and German

two: French and German

three: Italian, Japanese, German, and Spanish

four: Italian, Japanese, French, and German
7 Which of the following is the name of the film adaption of "Story of Your Life"?

Arrival

Ad Astra

Interstellar

Sputnik
8 In what year was "Story of Your Life" adapted into a feature film?

2004

2020

2011

2016
9 Who is the actress that plays Dr. Banks in the film adaption of "Story of Your Life"?

Amy Adams

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Anniston

Mila Kunis
10 How many academy awards did the film adaption win?

1

2

8

6
11 Who is the physicist assigned to Dr. Bank's looking-glass?

Dr. Gary Donnelly

Colonel Webster

Dr. Gary French

Dr. Gary Cisneros
12 What is happening in the present tense?

Dr. Banks is identifying her daughter at the morgue

Dr. Banks has been married for two years and she and her husband, Dr. Donnelly, are getting ready to conceive a child

Aliens, referred to as heptapods, are visiting earth, causing world-wide panic

Dr. Banks makes linguistic breakthroughs in both Heptapod A and Heptapod B
13 What is the most important question in Dr. Banks's life?

Webster asking her if she wants to come study heptapod langauge

Gary asking her if she wants to make a baby

The American government asking her if she wants to do field work at one of the looking-glasses

Gary asking her what she means by the word "teleological"
14 What is the most important phone call of Dr. Banks's life?

The phone call from Mountain Rescue, where her daughter has had a fatal climbing accident

The phone call from her daughter, right before she dies

The phone call with Gary, in which he tells her that he is falling in love with her

The phone call from Colonel Weber, asking her to join the team
15 What is the first question that Dr. Banks asks about the heptapod recording?

What is the context in which this is made?

Is this one heptapod or two heptapods in the recording?

How was the heptapod's body positioned during the recording?

Did the heptapod seem angry while you made the recording?
16 Which character from "Story of Your Life" seems to have the hardest time acting as a civilian?

Dr. Banks

Colonel Webster

Dr. Donnelly

Dr. Cisneros
17 What kind of symmetry can be found in heptapod anatomy?

vertical symmetry

no symmetry

radial symmetry

horizontal symmetry
18 Why do the heptapods never turn around?

they are suspicious of the humans

the scientists have no idea

every direction is forward because their limbs are arranged in a circle

heptapod culture dictates that they never turn their backs on another living being
19 What color is heptapod skin?

blue

gray

peach

brown
20 What does Louise call the visual representations of heptapod sounds?

spectographs

logograms

semagrams

ideograms
21 What is the name of the ship that arrived in Queensland, Australia in 1770?

Queen's Solace

Queen Mary

Endeavor

Freedom
22 What does Dr. Banks request permission to do?

film herself collaborating with the heptapods

self-publish her findings

study heptapod writing

livestream her field work
23 What is Colonel Weber very worried about?

sharing human technology with heptapods

giving away too much information about human language and way of life to the heptapods

being rude to the heptapods

making the heptapods feel unwelcome on Earth
24 How does Dr. Banks classify heptapod writing, based on first impressions?

she believes that it is semagraphic

she believes that it is logographic

she believes that it is phonetic

she believes that it is alphabetic
25 What do Dr. Banks and Dr. Donnelly nickname one of the heptapods in their looking glass?

Blackberry

Raspberry

Blueberry

Strawberry

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