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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flying Upside Down.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the supermini computer that West's team creates?
(a) Blackbird.
(b) Moa.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Falcon.

2. What are still the largest buildings in many towns?
(a) Lumber mills.
(b) Carpet factories.
(c) Car factories.
(d) Textile mills.

3. What does OEM stand for?
(a) Original Equipment Manufacturer
(b) Ostentatious Excellence in Marketing.
(c) Oligarchical Electronics Masking.
(d) Obviously Except from Me.

4. What is a beautiful, rare commodity for Alsing?
(a) Propositional calculus.
(b) Automated reasoning.
(c) Quantum physics.
(d) Boolean algebra.

5. Who is Edson de Castro?
(a) A former DEC employee who was arrested for industrial espionage.
(b) A former DEC employee who invented the fax machine.
(c) A former DEC employee who went on a murderous rampage at the corporate head office.
(d) A former DEC employee who founded Data General.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did West start out calling Eagle?

2. What was project Victor?

3. Which company established worldwide hegemony in the computer industry?

4. What is the name of the electrician that West and his wife befriend?

5. What game does Alsing play?

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