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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 mistake does Diana say Philip Lentz is making in his project?
(a) Not modeling his implementations emotions.
(b) Not giving his implementations visual input.
(c) Not giving his implementations motivation to answer correctly.
(d) Not giving his implementations audio input.

2. What is Richard doing at the beginning of section IV?
(a) Talking with Diana Hartrick.
(b) Thinking about C.
(c) Working on implementation B.
(d) Revising his novel.

3. What does Helen make Richard see about consciousness?
(a) That it constructs a best-fit pattern out of different input.
(b) That it can only be produced in a being at war with itself.
(c) That it consists of a certain internal echoing effect.
(d) That it is only a fleeting and ineffable result of connections between neurons.

4. What kind of accident led the condition of Lentz's wife?
(a) A skiing accident.
(b) A mountaineering accident.
(c) A car accident.
(d) A cardiovascular accident.

5. On what is Philip Lentz basing his project?
(a) Naturally-occurring architectural structures.
(b) The functions of the human mind.
(c) Astronomical distances.
(d) Evolutionary mechanisms of survival.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen understand about Richard's relationship with C.?

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

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

4. Where did Richard live with C.?

5. What change does Philip Lentz make in implementation B?

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