Annihilation Quizzes

Annihilation Quiz #1

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

Three

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

One years' worth

Two years' worth

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

Two years

Six months

A few weeks
5 What does the biologist describe as their "most outlandish equipment"?
Fuji film cameras

A set of elementary compasses

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

A crate of cotton candy-flavored MREs
6 What was the protocol if their mysterious instrument glowed red?
They have thirty minutes to get to a "safe place"

They have an hour to retreat to an underground location

They should hike to the border and await extraction

They should submit to hypnosis
7 How many varieties of venomous snake are they told live in Area X?
A thousand

Only one

About ten

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

To habituate you

To infiltrate you

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

A week

Four months

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

The tower

The abandoned fishing town

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

It tunnels into the ground

It looks more like a house

It is made of wood, not stone
12 What is the Southern Reach's policy on outside contact during an expedition?
Only the psychologist can attempt outside contact

It is NOT to be attempted

Explorers must submit reports of findings and progress every night

Only superiors should be contacted
13 How is the narrative being taken down?
By an omniscient narrator

In an old dictaphone

In a waterproof journal issued by Southern Reach

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

Medic

Linguist

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

She seemed unqualified, even in her own field

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

Transitional environments

Genetic mutation

Transitional biomes
17 Which member of the expedition opposes searching the tower before mapping the rest of the Area?
Biologist

Psychologist

Anthropologist

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

A coral reef

Nautilus shells

A snail's shell
19 What is the first threatening animal the group encounters?
A flock of violent geese

A crocodile

A mutated bear

A mutated wild boar
20 What happens when the biologist is initially inspecting the writing on the tower wall?
The biologist scrapes a sample off the 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
21 What do the explorers hear every night at sundown?
The rustling of leaves and grass

The thrum of crickets and frogs from the marsh

A low, gutteral moan

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

Annihilation

Paralysis is not a cogent agent

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

An internal brightness

Allergies

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

Surveyor

Biologist

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

Surveyor

Psychologist

Anthropologist

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