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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is implementation A?
(a) A robot.
(b) A recording device for unheard sounds.
(c) A machine that can be conditioned.
(d) A tool for analyzing consciousness.

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

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

4. What does Richard think about after the scene of Philip Lentz's experiment?
(a) The sadness of being human.
(b) The abilities of robots.
(c) His first year with C.
(d) The text Lentz chose.

5. Where does Richard try to draw stories out of people?
(a) Phone calls to his friends.
(b) The supermarket.
(c) Lectures at the center.
(d) A local bar.

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

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

8. What was Richard's job when he lived with C.?
(a) Tour guide.
(b) Museum guard.
(c) Researcher.
(d) Programmer.

9. To what does Diana Hartrick invite Richard?
(a) A weekend away.
(b) A lecture.
(c) Lunch.
(d) A drink.

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

11. Philip Lentz's tirade make Richard think of _____.
(a) U.
(b) V.
(c) C.
(d) E.

12. Where did Richard live with C.?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In London.
(c) In B.
(d) In U.

13. Where does Richard move to, at the beginning of "Galatea 2.2"?
(a) The town of U.
(b) The town of C.
(c) The city of N.
(d) Chicago.

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

15. What does Richard say about happiness, after Philip Lentz's experiment?
(a) He knows that he was happy once.
(b) He thinks that a computer will never know happiness until it can experience alienation.
(c) He does not think a computer will ever know happiness.
(d) He cannot tell whether he was happy in the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard translate Diana's insight into?

2. How does Harold Plover treat Richard at lunch?

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

4. Which literary term describes the story about C.?

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

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