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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section V (pages 120-152).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Where does Richard draw the characters for his novels?
(a) His family.
(b) His family history.
(c) His ex-lovers' families.
(d) His lovers and their time together.

3. What was Richard admitted to after he parted with C.?
(a) A research position.
(b) A Ph.D. program.
(c) A teaching job.
(d) A think tank.

4. Where does Richard see Philip Lentz?
(a) On the edge of a crowd watching music.
(b) Drinking with an attractive woman who seems to be a student.
(c) Drinking alone.
(d) In the middle of a crowd of people discussing theory.

5. How does Philip Lentz refer to the location where Richard lived before coming to this location?
(a) An obscure colony.
(b) A powerful intellectual center.
(c) A negligible nation.
(d) The center of the world.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Richard not take the position he is offered?

4. How does Harold Plover treat Richard at lunch?

5. When does Richard recall parting with C.?

(see the answer key)

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