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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Star Wars character is Wallach compared to?
(a) Luke Skywalker.
(b) Han Solo.
(c) Darth Vader.
(d) Chewbacca.

2. What does Trixie like to do?
(a) Misbehave.
(b) Carl.
(c) Anthropomorphize machines.
(d) Play tricks on Woodstock.

3. What did the 360 project cost more than the development of?
(a) The automobile.
(b) The jet engine.
(c) The atomic bomb.
(d) The space shuttle.

4. What conquers rust?
(a) A handyman.
(b) Oil.
(c) TLC.
(d) Gold.

5. Where did Tom work after finishing college?
(a) AT&T.
(b) A coffee shop.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

6. Where does West's father work?
(a) IBM.
(b) Apple.
(c) Ma Bell.
(d) AT&T.

7. How many bits does the NOVA deal with at one time?
(a) 16.
(b) 64.
(c) 8.
(d) 32.

8. What did the help-wanted ad that Rosemarie saw say?
(a) 'Are you bored?'
(b) 'Are you broke?'
(c) 'Are you looking for a challenge?'
(d) 'Are you depressed?'

9. What does Jon Blau feel from inside of him?
(a) Joy.
(b) Pressure.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Emptiness.

10. What is the name of Firth's wife?
(a) Lynn.
(b) Linda.
(c) Linette.
(d) Laura.

11. Where was Firth born?
(a) Maine.
(b) Canada.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Westborough.

12. How many assembly language instructions does the Eclipse contain?
(a) 195.
(b) 390.
(c) 101.
(d) 420.

13. What do computers manipulate directly?
(a) Symbols.
(b) Systems.
(c) Governments.
(d) Numbers.

14. What was the second company that Wallach worked for?
(a) DEC.
(b) General Electric.
(c) Data General.
(d) Raytheon.

15. What does Firth have a hard time remembering?
(a) His wife's birthday.
(b) His phone number.
(c) His anniversary.
(d) The way to the office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the supermini computer that West's team creates?

2. What is the team's official day of rest?

3. What part of the project comes after assembling the prototypes?

4. What did West start out calling Eagle?

5. What new class of computer has DG not responded to?

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