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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richard suggest to Philip Lentz as a result of his conversation with Diana?
(a) Ears for the implementations.
(b) New avenues for funding.
(c) Emotional histories for the implementations.
(d) Eyes for the implementations.

2. With what does Philip Lentz want to test implementation B?
(a) Moving images.
(b) History.
(c) Music.
(d) Literature.

3. What does Richard translate Diana's insight into?
(a) The concept of symbolic grounding.
(b) A theory of machine emotions.
(c) Despair about the project.
(d) The imperative to teach the implementations pronunciation.

4. How did Richard and C. handle the cold when they lived together?
(a) By making love.
(b) By cooking soups.
(c) By reading stories.
(d) By burning manuscript pages.

5. What is Richard having difficulty with in the present moment, in the beginning of section II?
(a) Getting in touch with his editor.
(b) Devising a plot for his next novel.
(c) Getting paid.
(d) Remembering things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was C.'s reaction to Richard's storytelling?

2. What does Richard decide in response to his discovery that Lentz deceived him?

3. Why does C. not join Richard in his plans?

4. What does Diana invite Richard to after chastising him?

5. What mistake does Diana say Philip Lentz is making in his project?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made C. appealing to Richard when he met her?

2. How does Richard Powers use flashbacks in his narrative?

3. How does Taylor's death affect Richard and C.'s relationship?

4. What is Richard's reaction as he starts to spend time on Lentz's project?

5. What does Richard receive in the mail in the beginning of section II?

6. What work do Richard and Lentz begin together?

7. What does Richard see in Lentz's office?

8. What does Richard remember about meeting C., in section II?

9. Who is Philip Lentz and how does Richard meet him?

10. How does Richard begin to see his relationship with C. now that he has space from it?

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