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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. Why is Richard upset by his lunch with Philip Lentz and others?
(a) He cannot forget the hurt feelings felt by the people Lentz insults.
(b) He is concerned that the others' research is overlooking one vital principle.
(c) He is afraid for the state of modern science.
(d) He is terrified by the fragility of the current peace.

2. What was Richard like when he went to the Netherlands with C.?
(a) Awkward.
(b) Sly.
(c) Reticent.
(d) Confident.

3. Whom does Richard invite out for coffee?
(a) C.
(b) Harold Plover.
(c) A.
(d) Harold Plover's daughter Mina.

4. What does implementation F do as Richard trains it?
(a) Shut down certain circuits.
(b) Create redundant data paths.
(c) Build new circuits.
(d) Rearrange its circuitry.

5. What is Richard having difficulty with in the present moment, in the beginning of section II?
(a) Getting in touch with his editor.
(b) Getting paid.
(c) Remembering things.
(d) Devising a plot for his next novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lentz take Richard?

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

3. What does Harold Plover say his daughter wanted instead of nouns?

4. What is the downside of Richard's work in C.'s experience?

5. What did Richard and C. have to furnish their apartment?

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