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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 did Richard realize when C. heard that her parents were moving?
(a) That she was dying.
(b) That he did not know her well.
(c) That he loved her more than he had ever loved anyone.
(d) That she had a history she had hidden from him.

2. On what is Philip Lentz basing his project?
(a) Naturally-occurring architectural structures.
(b) Astronomical distances.
(c) Evolutionary mechanisms of survival.
(d) The functions of the human mind.

3. How does Richard describe the pathways in the neural net in back propagation?
(a) As variously weighted.
(b) As disciplined.
(c) As democratic.
(d) As lifelike.

4. What does Philip Lentz lead Richard to believe?
(a) That C. was trying to get in touch with him.
(b) That implementation B was a failure.
(c) That he was giving Richard credit for implementation C's advances.
(d) That implementation C had made huge strides.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ram Gupta?

2. Where did Richard live with C.?

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

4. What is Richard's response when he finds out that Philip Lentz has been deceiving him?

5. What change does Philip Lentz make in implementation B?

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