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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IV (pages 91-119).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Richard upset by his lunch with Philip Lentz and others?
(a) He is terrified by the fragility of the current peace.
(b) He cannot forget the hurt feelings felt by the people Lentz insults.
(c) He is afraid for the state of modern science.
(d) He is concerned that the others' research is overlooking one vital principle.

2. Where does Richard try to draw stories out of people?
(a) Lectures at the center.
(b) The supermarket.
(c) Phone calls to his friends.
(d) A local bar.

3. What did Richard and C. have to furnish their apartment?
(a) Expensive new furniture.
(b) Dilapidated furniture.
(c) Used furniture.
(d) Inherited furniture.

4. Where does Richard see Philip Lentz?
(a) On the edge of a crowd watching music.
(b) Drinking with an attractive woman who seems to be a student.
(c) In the middle of a crowd of people discussing theory.
(d) Drinking alone.

5. How does Richard describe the pathways in the neural net in back propagation?
(a) As disciplined.
(b) As democratic.
(c) As variously weighted.
(d) As lifelike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens if information that comes out of back propagation does not match the information put in?

2. What are Philip Lentz and his friends discussing when Richard joins them?

3. Who is Ram Gupta?

4. What does Richard think about after he gets the invitation from Diana Hartrick?

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

(see the answer key)

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