The article "Will Robots Take Over our Jobs in Healthcare", predcts that what fraction of existing jobs will be replaced by robots by 2025?
3/4
1/2
1/3
1/4
According to "Will Robots Take over Our Jobs in Healthcare", what percent of doctors will be replaced by technology?
80%
60%
40%
20%
According to "Will Robots Take over Our Jobs in Healthcare" the one thing that robots are least successful at is...
complex surgical procedures
making ethical decisions
diagnosing illness
completing repetitive tasks
What advice does the author of "Will Robots Take over Our Jobs in Healthcare" give to people who lise their jobs to robots?
take early retirement
learn a new job
go on welfare
sue your employer
The Xenex robot disinfects hospital rooms by using what?
Xenex gas
intense heat
ultraviolet light
soap and water
According to "Robots in White Coats and Stethoscopes" the nickname given to the Xenex sanitation robot by the hospital staff is...
C3P-Clean
Dirt Terminator
Death Star Droid
R2-Clean-2
According to "Robots in White Coats and Stethoscopes" how long have robots been used in surgery?
5 years
10 years
15 years
20 years
According to "Robots in White Coats and Stethoscopes" telemedicine robots are primarily used to treat what kind of trauma?
stroke
heart attack
broken bones
brain concussion
According to "Robots in White Coats and Stethoscopes" where are telemedicine robots frequently used? I. small rural hospitals II. emergency rooms III. ambulances
I only
II only
III only
I and II only
I, II, and III
The new report mentioned in "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" was written by what university?
Yale
Johns Hopkins
Stanford
Harvard
According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" to whom are hospitals required to report all accidents during robotic surgeries?
the surgeon general
FDA
FBI
Intuitive Inc.
What robot was the primary subject of "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries?"
TUG
Medibot
Da Vinci
RP-VITA
According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" how many cases of robotic surgery accidents are not reported each year?
50
500
1,000
unknown
According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" what are the results of most accidents involving robots in robotic surgery?
no harm
minor injury
serious injury
death
According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" what percent of surgeons admitted to irrecoverable operative malfunctions during robotic surgeries?
10-15%
15-25%
25-50%
more than 50%
According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" who is more likely to suffer injury from robotic surgery?
women
men
children
elderly people
According to psychologist Gary Marcus what will occur when robots can program and improve themselves?
technological singularity
intelligence explosion
the end of the world
severe unemployment
According to "Robots in Healthcare Could lead to a Doctorless Hospital" one concern of senior doctors is that the use of robots will be...
dehumanizing
expensive
dangerous
inefficient
According to "Robots in Healthcare Could lead to a Doctorless Hospital" hospitals have been slow to adopt robotic technology because of...
safety
cost
jobs
training
According to "Robots in Healthcare Could lead to a Doctorless Hospital" what is the one question that still needs to be answered?
Can robots be more efficient than humans?
Who will be responsible if something goes wrong?
Will there be jobs for people in the medical profession?
What will the training be like for doctors in the future?
Identify the literary device from its definition: A character says something that is ironic but is unaware that it is ironic.
dramatic irony
situational irony
verbal irony
Identify the literary device from its definition: A reader guesses the implied meaning of a passage.
theme
tone
mood
inference
Identify the literary device from its definition: A non-human object or creature is described as though it had human characteristics.
metaphor
anthropomorphism
personification
characterization
Identify the literary device from its definition: A poem or song that addresses a concept, object, or person directly.
satire
ode
parody
eulogy
Identify the literary device from its definition: The speakers attitude towards his/her subject or audience.
imagery
Identify the literary device from its definition: A question for which the answer is obvious or which requires no answer
analogy
pun
rhetorical
conceit
Identify the literary device from its definition: A speaker says something but actually means something else.
Identify the literary device from its definition: A comparison of two similes or antithetical statements...
hyperbole
juxtaposition
anachronism
Identify the literary device from its definition: A work of literature that imitates another literary wokr in a humorous manner in order to criticize...
Identify the literary device from its definition: An intentional exaggeration...
allusion
distraction
oxymoron
Identify the literary device from its definition: A reference to an significant event in the past
literary allusion
historical allusion
biblical allusion
mythical allusion
pop-culture allusion
Identify the literary device from its definition: A hint at events that have not yet occurred.
flashback
foreshadowing
Identify the literary device from its definition: an object, idea or person is placed in the wrong time
anachrony
Identify the literary device from its definition: a word or phrase that is used in such a way that it has more than one meaning or interpretation...
Identify the literary device from its definition: events combine to produce an unexpected outcome in the story
anticlimax
complication
Identify the literary device from its definition: a list of objects or concepts...
catalogue
distractors
Identify the literary device from its definition: the main idea or argument in a work of literature
justification
climax
Identify the literary device from its definition: A reference to the Hebrew or Christian scripture
Identify the literary device from its definition: phrases, causes or sentences that are constructed in a similar pattern
understatement
parallelism
antithesis
Identify the literary device from its definition: A reference to another work of literature...
Identify the literary device from its definition: To make less of something than it really is, stating the obvious
apophysis
Identify the literary device from its definition: An overused phrase that has lost its originality
cliché
nostalgic
Identify the literary device from its definition: Using words to help the reader create mental images...
Identify the literary device from its definition: One thing represents another...
simile
symbol
Identify the literary device from its definition: Placement if two things side by side...
stereotype
meteorymy
Identify the literary device from its definition: Any reference to the past...
nostalgia
Identify the literary device from its definition: A generalization based on a bias...
Identify the literary device from its definition: To describe something as though it has the characteristics of something else
symbolism
Identify the literary device from its definition: A comparison that includes a comparative word or phrase...
Identify the literary device from its definition: An object or animal that displays human characteristics...
achetype
motif
Identify the literary device from its definition: A sentimental memory...
Identify the literary device from its definition: Events that slow the progress of the plot and delay the outcome..
frame story
complications
Identify the literary device from its definition: The turning point in a story...
Identify the literary device from its definition: A moment of high suspense that does not lead to a resolution...
Identify the literary device from its definition: A story that contains a story...
frame
Identify the literary device from its definition: An elaborate metaphor or explanation intended to make a fictional story more realistic
Identify the literary device from its definition: Intentional exaggeration...
Identify the literary device from its definition: A very typical or universal symbol
neologism
Identify the literary device from its definition: A reference to television, film, or a well-known contemporary person, place, or thing...
personal allusion
Identify the literary device from its definition: A combination of contradictory words...
ambiguity
In the introduction to The Island of Dr. Moreau, Edward Prendick's nephew gives an elaborate explanation for his belief that the story may be true. What literary device is this?
How do we know that Edward Prendick wasn't missing at sea the whole time he was gone?
He was rescued from an island.
He was only gone for a short time.
He was missing for eleven months.
He explained everything when he was found
What happened to the other men who were in the Lady Vain's boat with Prendick?
They died of thirst.
They ate each other.
They fell overboard while fighting
Prendick shot them
Who is Montgomery?
a disgraced doctor
a mad scientist
an animal teacher
a veterinarian
Why is Edward Prendick in an insane asylum at the beginning of the story?
he has lost his memory
his story is unbelievable
he has irrational fears
all of these
What is the cargo on the ship that rescues Prendick?
coffee
wild animals
illegal drugs
slaves
What is the black-faced man's most disturbing feature?
hair
eyes
teeth
size
What s Montgomery's answer to all of Prendick's questions about the animals?
don't have a clue
they're mine
looks like it
they're from the zoo
Where does Montgomery tell Prendick that he is going?
Hawaii
Noble's Isle
He refuses to say
An island with no name
Why does H.G. Wells give the reader only a little bit of information at any time?
He is making the story up as he writes it
to build the suspense
to delay the ending
he doesn't know the ending
What does the narrator dream of on the ship that keeps him awake?
heavy breathing in his cabin
animal noises under his bed
creepy eyes watching him
a shadow across his bunk
While on the ship, what happens to cause the narrator to think of Montgomery's strange attendant as inhuman?
he sees him climb the ropes
he watches him eating
he growls like an animal
his eyes glow in the dark
How is Prendick's situation ironic when he reaches Dr. Moreau's island?
He doesn't know where he is
He is back on the dingy from the Lady Vain
He doesn't know what Montgomery is doing on the island
He can no longer stay on the cargo ship
What does the narrator recollect of the name Moreau?
he was a serial killer
he was lost at sea
he escaped from prison
he was a disgraced scientist
What happens the first time Prendick decides to explore the island?
He meets three pink pig-like people.
He is followed by a creature he can't see
he makes a weapon with a rock and a handkerchief to defend himself.
How is Montgomery's explanation of the creatures Prendick sees while exploring the island typical of his responses to all of Prendick's questions?
he lies to him
he doesn't give clear answers
he just laughs
he offers him a drink
What is Montgomery's solution to all of his problems?
a gun
drugs
lies
alcohol
Why does Prendick leave the compound to go exploring the first time?
He has lost his glasses and can't read
He can't stand the screaming of the puma
He goes out to look for Montgomery
He has discovered what Dr. Moreau is doing
What happens to cause Prendick to go though the inner door to the compound?
He hears the puma crying on the other side of the door
He hears Moreau's voices in the other room
He hears a man whimper in the laboratory
He follows Montgomery through the door.
What does Prendick think Dr. Moreau is doing after he breaks into his laboratory?
he is torturing animals
he is vivisecting humans
he is turning animals into men
he is finding a cure for cancer
