2. What are Philip Lentz and his friends discussing when Richard joins them?
(a) What kind of progress remains to be made in astrophysics.
(b) Whether a machine could read philosophy.
(c) Whether a person can comprehend the full extent of his or her reading.
(d) When the global economy will collapse.

3. What is the connection in the articles Philip Lentz gives Richard?
(a) Neural nets.
(b) Ecological interconnection.
(c) Destabilization of currencies.
(d) Climate change.

4. Where was Richard before he moved back to the U.S.?
(a) Russia.
(b) England.
(c) The Netherlands.
(d) China.

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

6. What was C.'s reaction to Richard's storytelling?
(a) She was patient but uninterested.
(b) She was rapt.
(c) She pretended to be interested.
(d) She was enthusiastic and collaborated with him as he told the stories.

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

8. How does Richard describe the pathways in the neural net in back propagation?
(a) As democratic.
(b) As variously weighted.
(c) As lifelike.
(d) As disciplined.

9. Who is Ram Gupta?
(a) A cognitive psychologist.
(b) A philosopher.
(c) A sound wave researcher.
(d) A perception researcher.

10. To what do Richard's attempts at conversation lead him?
(a) Soothing thoughts about getting wiser over time.
(b) Depressing thoughts about old age.
(c) Alarming thoughts about the ignorance of college students.
(d) Disturbing thoughts about the state of the world.

11. What does Richard conclude about Lentz's feelings about working together?
(a) That he wants Richard to stay on the project.
(b) That he wants to work alone.
(c) That he wants to get help but take all the credit.
(d) That he wants to push Richard away from the project.

12. What got Richard this position?
(a) A friend with connections.
(b) The renown of his Pulitzer Prize.
(c) The brilliance of his lectures.
(d) The notoriety of his most recent book.

13. How does Diana apologize to Richard?
(a) She writes him a long note.
(b) She breaks with Lentz.
(c) She buys him a bottle of Scotch.
(d) She invites him to lunch.

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

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