Annihilation Quizzes

Annihilation Quiz #1

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

Two

Thirty

Three

Ten
2 How did the psychologist ensure that every member of the expedition crossed the border without issue?

Bribery

Hypnosis

Positive reinforcement

Pavlovian signalling
3 How much supplies did the twelfth expedition bring into Area X?

One years' worth

Six months' worth

A decade's worth

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

A few weeks

A decade

Two years

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

A crate of cotton candy-flavored MREs

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

A set of elementary compasses

Fuji film cameras
6 What was the protocol if their mysterious instrument glowed red?

They have an hour to retreat to an underground location

They should hike to the border and await extraction

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

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

At least six

About ten

Only one

A thousand
8 The biologist says that "desolation tries ... "

To habituate you

To infiltrate you

To colonize you

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

A year

Four days

Four months

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

The abandoned fishing town

The border

The lighthouse

The tower
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 made of wood, not stone

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

Explorers must submit reports of findings and progress every night

Only superiors should be contacted

It is NOT to be attempted

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

In an old dictaphone

By an omniscient narrator

In a series of interviews after re-entry

In a waterproof journal issued by Southern Reach
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 seemed unqualified, even in her own field

She had previously expressed doubts about the expedition

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

Biologist

Anthropologist

Surveyor

Psychologist
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 biologist scrapes a sample off the wall

A creature from below attacks the expedition party

A nodule bursts on the spores and she inhales the contents

The anthropologist retreats in fear
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?

Alacazam

Consolidation of authority

Annihilation

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

Allergies

Immunity to hypnotic suggestion

An internal brightness

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

Psychologist

Surveyor

Anthropologist

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

Psychologist

Surveyor

Anthropologist

Linguist

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