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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) When the global economy will collapse.
(d) Whether a person can comprehend the full extent of his or her reading.

5. How does Richard refer to Philip Lentz in their second meeting?
(a) Manager.
(b) Prince.
(c) Boss.
(d) Engineer.

6. What surprises Richard in his reaction to the time he spends with Diana?
(a) How passionate Diana is about her research.
(b) How lonely he has become.
(c) How easily he gets along with her children.
(d) How passionate he becomes.

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

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

9. What does Philip Lentz say about implementation B?
(a) It needs to find its own energy sources.
(b) It needs to be able to teach itself how to solve problems.
(c) It needs to write its own programs.
(d) It needs to process its processing.

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

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

12. What does Richard think about after he gets the invitation from Diana Hartrick?
(a) Going home for dinner.
(b) Making love with C.
(c) Making love with Diana Hartrick.
(d) Meeting C.

13. Where is Richard taking a position?
(a) At the Center for the Study of Advanced Sciences.
(b) At the Los Alamos lab.
(c) At the Museum of Natural Science.
(d) At Fermilab.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Richard's job when he lived with C.?

2. What was C.'s job?

3. How does Richard describe his relationship with C.?

4. What causes Richard to threaten to leave Philip Lentz's project?

5. Why is Richard upset by his lunch with Philip Lentz and others?

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