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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Richard say he got from C.?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Material for his novels.
(c) Emotional support.
(d) Money.

2. Why does C. not join Richard in his plans?
(a) She just was accepted into a graduate program.
(b) She is involved with someone.
(c) She does not trust him.
(d) She does not have enough money to come with him.

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

4. What does Richard decide in response to his discovery that Lentz deceived him?
(a) Not to work on Lentz's project any further.
(b) Never to trust Lentz again.
(c) Not to let Lentz handle money.
(d) To tell the administration at the center about Lentz's deceit.

5. What does Richard translate Diana's insight into?
(a) A theory of machine emotions.
(b) Despair about the project.
(c) The imperative to teach the implementations pronunciation.
(d) The concept of symbolic grounding.

6. What was C.'s job?
(a) Marketing executive.
(b) Programmer analyst.
(c) Student.
(d) Museum guard.

7. How did Richard and C. handle the cold when they lived together?
(a) By cooking soups.
(b) By reading stories.
(c) By burning manuscript pages.
(d) By making love.

8. When does Richard recall parting with C.?
(a) At the end of the winter term.
(b) At the end of the summer.
(c) At the end of the fall semester.
(d) After Christmas.

9. What is Richard's response when he finds out that Philip Lentz has been deceiving him?
(a) He thanks Lentz for telling him the truth.
(b) He is understanding.
(c) He breaks off ties with Lentz.
(d) He is furious.

10. With what does Philip Lentz want to test implementation B?
(a) Moving images.
(b) Music.
(c) History.
(d) Literature.

11. How does Philip Lentz refer to Richard in their second meeting?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Little Marcel.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Dutchman.

12. Where does Richard draw the characters for his novels?
(a) His family history.
(b) His family.
(c) His lovers and their time together.
(d) His ex-lovers' families.

13. What does Richard see in the photograph of Philip Lentz and his wife?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Torment.
(c) Worry.
(d) Profound love.

14. About what does Diana chastise Richard?
(a) Not sleeping.
(b) Smoking too much.
(c) Not eating.
(d) Drinking too much.

15. What draws Richard to Philip Lentz's office?
(a) He hears John Donne's poetry.
(b) Mozart music.
(c) Groaning.
(d) Loud conversation.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Richard have an encounter at the end of section IV?

2. Why does Richard not take the position he is offered?

3. What is it that bothers Richard about Philip Lentz's deception?

4. What are Philip Lentz and his friends discussing when Richard joins them?

5. What happened near the time Richard published his first book?

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