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

2. What did C. feel when her family told her that they were moving?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Liberation.
(d) Delight.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during Philip Lentz's experiment?

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

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

4. What was C.'s job?

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

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