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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 is Richard having difficulty with in the present moment, in the beginning of section II?
(a) Getting in touch with his editor.
(b) Remembering things.
(c) Getting paid.
(d) Devising a plot for his next novel.

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

3. What does Richard say about the machine Philip Lentz built?
(a) It replicates consciousness.
(b) Lentz was training it to recognize beauty.
(c) It contained the immense distances of open space.
(d) It recognizes him when he returns to the room.

4. Where is Richard taking a position?
(a) At the Museum of Natural Science.
(b) At Fermilab.
(c) At the Los Alamos lab.
(d) At the Center for the Study of Advanced Sciences.

5. What change does Philip Lentz make in implementation B?
(a) An increase in retention ability.
(b) A decrease in retention ability.
(c) An increase in interconnections.
(d) An increase in processor speeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Philip Lentz respond when Diana Hartrick challenges him?

2. Where did Richard live with C.?

3. What kind of research is Philip Lentz conducting?

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

5. What got Richard this position?

(see the answer key)

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