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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VIII (pages 211-240).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that bothers Richard about Philip Lentz's deception?
(a) That Lentz took Diana away from him.
(b) That he ever let Lentz close to him.
(c) That he has so little going for himself that he has become a character in Lentz' research.
(d) That he, Richard, cares so much about the project.

2. What got Richard this position?
(a) The brilliance of his lectures.
(b) The renown of his Pulitzer Prize.
(c) A friend with connections.
(d) The notoriety of his most recent book.

3. Where was Richard before he moved back to the U.S.?
(a) Russia.
(b) The Netherlands.
(c) China.
(d) England.

4. What did Richard's letters to C. contain?
(a) Details of his affairs.
(b) Criticisms of her work.
(c) Memories of their time together.
(d) Declarations of love.

5. What does Helen conclude from reading William Blake's 'Poison Tree'?
(a) Man has created fictional absolutes to live by.
(b) Life can be reduced to black and white decisions.
(c) Writing is its own form of artificial intelligence.
(d) Life is a gray area between absolutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was C.'s job?

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

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

4. What does Diana invite Richard to after chastising him?

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

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