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?

Bribery

Pavlovian signalling

Hypnosis

Positive reinforcement
3 How much supplies did the twelfth expedition bring into Area X?

One years' worth

Two years' worth

A decade's worth

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

Six months

Two years

A few weeks

A decade
5 What does the biologist describe as their "most outlandish equipment"?

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

A crate of cotton candy-flavored MREs

Fuji film cameras

A set of elementary compasses
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 should hike to the border and await extraction

They have an hour to retreat to an underground location
7 How many varieties of venomous snake are they told live in Area X?

About ten

A thousand

Only one

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

To infiltrate you

To break you

To colonize you

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

Four months

A week

A year

Four days
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 tunnels into the ground

It looks more like a house

It is a silo

It is made of wood, not stone
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

Explorers must submit reports of findings and progress every night

Only the psychologist can attempt outside contact
13 How is the narrative being taken down?

In a series of interviews after re-entry

In a waterproof journal issued by Southern Reach

In an old dictaphone

By an omniscient narrator
14 What is the profession of the fifth explorer who never crossed the border?

Chemist

Psychologist

Medic

Linguist
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 seemed unqualified, even in her own field

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

Transitional environments

Genetic mutation

Transitional biomes

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

Psychologist

Surveyor

Anthropologist

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

A coral reef

Nautilus shells

A snail's shell

A salt cave
19 What is the first threatening animal the group encounters?

A flock of violent geese

A mutated bear

A crocodile

A mutated wild boar
20 What happens when the biologist is initially inspecting the writing on the tower wall?

The anthropologist retreats in fear

A nodule bursts on the spores and she inhales the contents

A creature from below attacks the expedition party

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

A low, gutteral moan

A transmission from Area X

The thrum of crickets and frogs from the marsh

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

Paralysis is not a cogent agent

Annihilation

Alacazam

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

Immunity to hypnotic suggestion

Allergies

Heightened senses

An internal brightness
24 Who is the first to inquire about the materiality of the words on the tower wall?

Anthropologist

Psychologist

Surveyor

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

Linguist

Anthropologist

Psychologist

Surveyor

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