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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 does Richard say about happiness, after Philip Lentz's experiment?
(a) He thinks that a computer will never know happiness until it can experience alienation.
(b) He cannot tell whether he was happy in the past.
(c) He knows that he was happy once.
(d) He does not think a computer will ever know happiness.

2. How does Diana apologize to Richard?
(a) She buys him a bottle of Scotch.
(b) She breaks with Lentz.
(c) She writes him a long note.
(d) She invites him to lunch.

3. How was C. different in the Netherlands than she was in the U.S.?
(a) More reticent.
(b) Happier.
(c) More thoughtful.
(d) More materialistic.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Richard's job when he lived with C.?

2. What did Richard realize when C. heard that her parents were moving?

3. What is C's response as Richard buries himself in his work?

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

5. What does Richard see in the photograph of Philip Lentz and his wife?

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