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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IX (pages 241-273).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the first step in back propagation?
(a) Input data to a neural net.
(b) Program a computer to distribute information.
(c) Train a computer network to find data.
(d) Build a network of supercomputers.

3. What did Richard and C. decide when she went back to the Netherlands?
(a) He would move with her.
(b) They would probably never see each other again.
(c) He would follow after her.
(d) They would try some time apart, and reassess their relationship after a year.

4. What did C. begin to feel about Richard's writing?
(a) That it was taking him away from her.
(b) That it was more real than he was.
(c) That it was turning her into a character of his.
(d) That it was more important than anything she was doing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused C. to come home in tears when she lived with Richard in the Netherlands?

2. What does Richard think about after he gets the invitation from Diana Hartrick?

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

4. Who does Philip Lentz call in to watch his experiment with implementation B?

5. Why did Richard fall in love with C.?

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