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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. Which literary term describes the story about C.?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Back-story.
(d) Alliteration.

2. What was Richard like when he went to the Netherlands with C.?
(a) Reticent.
(b) Awkward.
(c) Confident.
(d) Sly.

3. What does Lentz argue about Helen's mindset?
(a) She has begun to create meaning independently.
(b) Her meanings are random combinations of notions.
(c) All her meanings are Richard's meanings.
(d) Her attempts at meaning are more meaningful than the results.

4. What is the consequence of C.'s response to Richard's work?
(a) She gives up all her time for her own work.
(b) She loses a competition for funding for her work.
(c) She loses passion for her own.
(d) She makes herself miserable and alienates herself from her family.

5. What does Lentz tell Richard he is doing with Helen?
(a) Falling in love.
(b) Sublimating his losses.
(c) Compensating for C.
(d) Projecting himself into the machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do Richard's attempts at conversation lead him?

2. What did C. begin to feel about Richard's writing?

3. Who comes over to talk to Richard in Section II?

4. What story is Helen able to decipher when Richard reads it to her?

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

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