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

2. What are Philip Lentz and his friends discussing when Richard joins them?
(a) What kind of progress remains to be made in astrophysics.
(b) Whether a person can comprehend the full extent of his or her reading.
(c) When the global economy will collapse.
(d) Whether a machine could read philosophy.

3. What was C.'s reaction to Richard's storytelling?
(a) She pretended to be interested.
(b) She was patient but uninterested.
(c) She was enthusiastic and collaborated with him as he told the stories.
(d) She was rapt.

4. What is Philip Lentz starting to use as he works on implementation B?
(a) Teaching it to find information.
(b) Additional memory.
(c) 'No' commands.
(d) Additional processing power.

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. How does Richard refer to Philip Lentz in their second meeting?

2. To what does Diana Hartrick invite Richard?

3. Where does Richard draw the characters for his novels?

4. How does Richard describe his relationship with C.?

5. Why does C. not join Richard in his plans?

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