Story of Your Life Quizzes

Story of Your Life Quiz 1

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

Louise

the daughter

Gary
2 When was "Story of Your Life" first published?
1998

2001

1999

2002
3 In which anthology did "Story of Your Life" first appear?
Horror Mystery and Science Quarterly

The Sci Fi Quarterly

Starlight 2

Best American Short Stories 1999
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

Ruth Lilly Award

Hugo Award for Best Novella

Nebula Award
6 How many languages has "Story of Your Life" been translated into?
four: Italian, Japanese, French, and German

two: French and German

three: Italian, Japanese, German, and Spanish

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

Arrival

Ad Astra

Sputnik
8 In what year was "Story of Your Life" adapted into a feature film?
2011

2020

2004

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

Mila Kunis

Jennifer Anniston

Jennifer Lawrence
10 How many academy awards did the film adaption win?
6

8

2

1
11 Who is the physicist assigned to Dr. Bank's looking-glass?
Colonel Webster

Dr. Gary Cisneros

Dr. Gary French

Dr. Gary Donnelly
12 What is happening in the present tense?
Dr. Banks makes linguistic breakthroughs in both Heptapod A and Heptapod B

Dr. Banks is identifying her daughter at the morgue

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

Dr. Banks has been married for two years and she and her husband, Dr. Donnelly, are getting ready to conceive a child
13 What is the most important question in Dr. Banks's life?
Gary asking her if she wants to make a baby

Gary asking her what she means by the word "teleological"

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

Webster asking her if she wants to come study heptapod langauge
14 What is the most important phone call of Dr. Banks's life?
The phone call from Colonel Weber, asking her to join the team

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

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
15 What is the first question that Dr. Banks asks about the heptapod recording?
How was the heptapod's body positioned during the recording?

What is the context in which this is made?

Is this one heptapod or two heptapods in 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

Dr. Donnelly

Dr. Cisneros

Colonel Webster
17 What kind of symmetry can be found in heptapod anatomy?
horizontal symmetry

vertical symmetry

radial symmetry

no symmetry
18 Why do the heptapods never turn around?
heptapod culture dictates that they never turn their backs on another living being

they are suspicious of the humans

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

the scientists have no idea
19 What color is heptapod skin?
gray

brown

blue

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

semagrams

ideograms

logograms
21 What is the name of the ship that arrived in Queensland, Australia in 1770?
Queen Mary

Endeavor

Freedom

Queen's Solace
22 What does Dr. Banks request permission to do?
self-publish her findings

film herself collaborating with the heptapods

study heptapod writing

livestream her field work
23 What is Colonel Weber very worried about?
giving away too much information about human language and way of life to the heptapods

sharing human technology with heptapods

making the heptapods feel unwelcome on Earth

being rude to the heptapods
24 How does Dr. Banks classify heptapod writing, based on first impressions?
she believes that it is logographic

she believes that it is phonetic

she believes that it is semagraphic

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

Raspberry

Blackberry

Strawberry

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