Question 1

What is the title of Don DeLillo's 2016 novel that explores themes of cryonics and immortality?

Accepted Answer

Zero K

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Americana

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End Zone

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White Noise

Question 2

What is the main character's name in Zero K?

Accepted Answer

Jeffrey Lockhart

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Ross Lockhart

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Artis Lockhart

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John Lockhart

Question 3

What condition does Jeff's stepmother, Artis, suffer from?

Accepted Answer

Multiple sclerosis

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Parkinson's

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Cancer

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Alzheimer's

Question 4

What term does the guide use to refer to the frozen individuals in the body pods?

Accepted Answer

Heralds

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Preservations

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Subjects

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Cohorts

Question 5

What significant event does Falling Man (2007) revolve around?

Accepted Answer

September 11 attacks

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The Cold War

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World War II

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Vietnam War

Question 6

Which novel by Don DeLillo earned him the National Book Award for Fiction?

Accepted Answer

White Noise

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Americana

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Zero K

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Great Jones Street

Question 7

What concept does Zero K explore alongside the idea of immortality?

Accepted Answer

The morality of defying death

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Fictional storytelling techniques

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Modern architecture

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Celebrity culture

Question 8

What year is the setting for DeLillo's most recent novel, The Silence?

Accepted Answer

2022

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2020

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2025

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2023

Question 9

What does the temperature 'Zero K' represent?

Accepted Answer

Absolute zero

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Boiling point of water

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Freezing point of water

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Room temperature

Question 10

Who is mentioned as the physicist associated with the unit of temperature known as Kelvin?

Accepted Answer

William Thomson

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Albert Einstein

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Isaac Newton

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Niels Bohr

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