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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 does Richard attempt to do as he settles in to his new home?
(a) Fade into anonymity.
(b) Listen to all the gossip around him.
(c) Get straight to work.
(d) Introduce himself to everyone.

2. What insight does Richard make about writers?
(a) They have all wanted to possess their mothers.
(b) They have all disappointed their fathers.
(c) They have all created imaginary siblings for themselves.
(d) They have all wanted to murder their fathers.

3. What is Philip Lentz starting to use as he works on implementation B?
(a) Teaching it to find information.
(b) 'No' commands.
(c) Additional memory.
(d) Additional processing power.

4. What does Richard begin to understand about C. when they live in the Netherlands together?
(a) His own role as a writer with a strong family.
(b) Her longing for the landscape.
(c) Her difficulties with American culture.
(d) Her need for family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Richard say he is afraid?

2. What did Richard's letters to C. contain?

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

4. What causes Richard to come home in tears?

5. What did C. begin to feel about Richard's writing?

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