Annihilation Quizzes

Annihilation Quiz #1

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

Thirty

Three

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?
Two years' worth

A decade's worth

Six months' worth

One years' worth
4 How long were they told the supplies from base camp could last them?
A few weeks

Two years

Six months

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

Fuji film cameras
6 What was the protocol if their mysterious instrument glowed red?
They should hike to the border and await extraction

They should submit to hypnosis

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?
At least six

A thousand

Only one

About ten
8 The biologist says that "desolation tries ... "
To infiltrate you

To habituate you

To break you

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

A year

Four months

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

The tower

The border

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

It looks more like a house

It is a silo

It tunnels into the ground
12 What is the Southern Reach's policy on outside contact during an expedition?
Only superiors should be contacted

Explorers must submit reports of findings and progress every night

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

In a series of interviews after re-entry

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

Medic

Psychologist

Linguist
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 environments

Transitional biomes

Genetic mutation

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

Biologist

Surveyor

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 bear

A mutated wild boar

A crocodile
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 anthropologist retreats in fear

The biologist scrapes a sample off the wall

A creature from below attacks the expedition party
21 What do the explorers hear every night at sundown?
A transmission from Area X

The rustling of leaves and grass

The thrum of crickets and frogs from the marsh

A low, gutteral moan
22 What hypnotic incantation causes the surveyor and anthropologist to go slack?
Annihilation

Consolidation of authority

Alacazam

Paralysis is not a cogent agent
23 What is the first symptom of the spore from the tower?
Immunity to hypnotic suggestion

Heightened senses

An internal brightness

Allergies
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

Psychologist

Surveyor

Anthropologist

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