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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section X (pages 273-300).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Richard not take the position he is offered?
(a) He wants to explore other options.
(b) He wants to travel.
(c) He wants to stay with C.
(d) He has to stay with his sick mother.

2. What does Helen make Richard see about consciousness?
(a) That it is only a fleeting and ineffable result of connections between neurons.
(b) That it can only be produced in a being at war with itself.
(c) That it consists of a certain internal echoing effect.
(d) That it constructs a best-fit pattern out of different input.

3. What does Richard teach Helen to do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Create images from poems.
(c) Categorize poems.
(d) Feel a poem.

4. What does Helen have to be able to do in order to analyze literature?
(a) Cross-reference.
(b) Meditate.
(c) Index.
(d) Think.

5. What does Diana tell Richard about having read?
(a) Technical reviews of Lentz's work.
(b) Theoretical works about robot consciousness.
(c) Articles on neural activity.
(d) His book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does time with Diana make Richard think back to about his time with C.?

2. Who does Philip Lentz call in to watch his experiment with implementation B?

3. What is Philip Lentz starting to use as he works on implementation B?

4. What does Helen conclude from reading William Blake's 'Poison Tree'?

5. What was C.'s experience of certification?

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