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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Philip Lentz respond when Diana Hartrick challenges him?
(a) He agrees that she has a valid point.
(b) He insults her.
(c) He explains at length.
(d) He jumps out of his seat with a realization.

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

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

4. What does Richard say about the machine Philip Lentz built?
(a) Lentz was training it to recognize beauty.
(b) It recognizes him when he returns to the room.
(c) It replicates consciousness.
(d) It contained the immense distances of open space.

5. What is Richard having difficulty with in the present moment, in the beginning of section II?
(a) Getting in touch with his editor.
(b) Devising a plot for his next novel.
(c) Remembering things.
(d) Getting paid.

6. What is the first step in back propagation?
(a) Input data to a neural net.
(b) Program a computer to distribute information.
(c) Build a network of supercomputers.
(d) Train a computer network to find data.

7. How long was Richard with C.?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 22 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 2 years.

8. How does Harold Plover treat Richard at lunch?
(a) He confides in him.
(b) He baits him.
(c) He insults him.
(d) He encourages him.

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

10. What is Richard working on at this new appointment?
(a) Developing a scientific model of consciousness.
(b) A new book.
(c) Building a robot.
(d) Building a supercomputer.

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

12. What is Richard worried about after his lunch with Philip Lentz and the others?
(a) His project failing.
(b) Science stagnating.
(c) Imminent political instability.
(d) Economic collapse.

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

14. What happened near the time Richard published his first book?
(a) C. got pregnant.
(b) C. received a promotion.
(c) C. heard that her parents were moving.
(d) C. moved back to live with her parents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What draws Richard to Philip Lentz's office?

2. How did Richard and C. handle the cold when they lived together?

3. What happens if information that comes out of back propagation does not match the information put in?

4. What got Richard this position?

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

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