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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III (pages 64-90).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Philip Lentz respond when Diana Hartrick challenges him?
(a) He insults her.
(b) He explains at length.
(c) He agrees that she has a valid point.
(d) He jumps out of his seat with a realization.

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

4. What got Richard this position?
(a) The notoriety of his most recent book.
(b) The brilliance of his lectures.
(c) A friend with connections.
(d) The renown of his Pulitzer Prize.

5. What is Richard worried about after his lunch with Philip Lentz and the others?
(a) Science stagnating.
(b) His project failing.
(c) Economic collapse.
(d) Imminent political instability.

Short Answer Questions

1. What draws Richard to Philip Lentz's office?

2. Which literary term describes the story about C.?

3. What is Richard having difficulty with in the present moment, in the beginning of section II?

4. How does Richard describe the pathways in the neural net in back propagation?

5. Philip Lentz's tirade make Richard think of _____.

(see the answer key)

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