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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XI (pages 301-329).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Richard working on at this new appointment?
(a) Building a robot.
(b) Developing a scientific model of consciousness.
(c) A new book.
(d) Building a supercomputer.

2. Why does Lentz decide not to undertake his study?
(a) He does not have authorization.
(b) Helen is too complicated to cut open.
(c) Helen would disappear as soon as her power was shut off.
(d) Helen's benefit as a functional machine is greater than the knowledge that could be gained from mapping her circuits.

3. What is Richard's emotional response to Lentz's study interest in Helen?
(a) Acquiescence.
(b) Horror.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Apprehension.

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

5. What does Philip Lentz say about implementation B?
(a) It needs to be able to teach itself how to solve problems.
(b) It needs to find its own energy sources.
(c) It needs to write its own programs.
(d) It needs to process its processing.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Diana chastise Richard?

2. What does Richard attempt to do as he settles in to his new home?

3. What does time with Diana make Richard think back to about his time with C.?

4. In what did C. try to get a certificate?

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

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