The Circle Quiz

What is The Circle primarily about?

• A group of hackers fighting against a tech company

• A government organization spying on people

• A tech company that becomes extremely powerful and invasive

• A student who invents a new kind of social media

• A fictional planet ruled by artificial intelligence

Who are the “Three Wise Men” in the company?

• Dave Eggers, Tom Stenton, and Mark Zuckerberg

• The founders of TruYou

• Ty Gospodinov, Eamon Bailey, and Tom Stenton

• Users of the old web system

• Circle employees from the customer service department

What made Ty famous in the company?

• His excellent communication skills

• His mysterious disappearance

• His constant flow of innovative ideas

• His ability to fire people quickly

• His skills in marketing and advertising

What does the “Unified Operating System” do?

• It controls the government’s surveillance program

• It teaches people how to code

• It combines all digital user data into one system

• It is a new programming language

• It is a phone created by Ty

What is TruYou?

• A payment app like PayPal

• A government identity tracking program

• A virtual reality headset

• A unified online identity system

• A new type of phone invented by Ty

What happens once you create a TruYou account?

• You can switch between different identities

• You stay anonymous online

• Your real name is used and linked to your online activities

• You are assigned a random code name

• You need two passwords for every site

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of the old internet according to the text?

• Multiple passwords

• Separate systems

• Anonymous accounts

• One-click payment

• Identity theft risks

What is the author’s tone toward TruYou?

• Completely supportive

• Totally neutral

• Ironically critical

• Humorous and sarcastic

• Confused and hesitant

Why were trolls “driven back into the darkness”?

• Because new laws banned them

• Because TruYou removed online anonymity

• Because their accounts were hacked

• Because the internet shut down

• Because they were banned from the Circle

What verb tense is used in this sentence: “These plans had been kept unknown until they were revealed”?

• Present perfect

• Future perfect

• Past continuous

• Past perfect

• Simple present