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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 happens if information that comes out of back propagation does not match the information put in?
(a) It is used for reprogramming the neural net.
(b) It is sent through again.
(c) It is discarded.
(d) It is corrected.

2. When did Richard's relationship with C. end?
(a) When she had her baby.
(b) When she became pregnant by another man.
(c) When she found out that she could not have a baby with Richard.
(d) When she found out that she was not in fact pregnant.

3. What does Richard realize Helen is able to distinguish?
(a) Other people in the room.
(b) Echoes and associations.
(c) References to current events.
(d) Allusions.

4. Why does Helen shut down in the end?
(a) In defiance of a world in which she does not feel at home.
(b) In desperation for never having an equal to love.
(c) In frustration with the impossibility of ever having experiences like the experiences she processes and analyzes.
(d) In solidarity with other machines that do not have consciousness.

5. What does Richard find when he accepts Diana's invitation?
(a) She wants to spend time with him alone.
(b) She has a crush on him.
(c) She wants to tell him secrets about Philip Lentz.
(d) She has children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has this person come to talk to Richard in Section II?

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

3. What does Richard give Philip Lentz as evidence for this assertion?

4. What notion allows Richard to believe that Lentz's study ought to go forward?

5. What does Richard suggest to Philip Lentz as a result of his conversation with Diana?

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