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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Diana tell Richard about having read?
(a) His book.
(b) Theoretical works about robot consciousness.
(c) Technical reviews of Lentz's work.
(d) Articles on neural activity.

2. What does Richard feel about C.'s coming home in tears?
(a) The phase will pass.
(b) It is his fault.
(c) The tears are necessary in this kind of experience.
(d) She should toughen up.

3. Why did Richard fall in love with C.?
(a) Her ability to console him.
(b) Her visions.
(c) Her vulnerability.
(d) Her strength of character.

4. How does Richard see similarities between Lentz's relationship with his wife and his work with the implementations?
(a) Lentz uses other people to train his wife, the same way as he uses Richard's help to train the implementations.
(b) Lentz works with his wife the same way he trains his implementations.
(c) Lentz fails to elicit correct answers from his wife the same way he fails to elicit correct answers from his implementations.
(d) Lentz is patient and detailed with his wife the same way he is with the implementations.

5. What do Richard and C. do to relieve the tension in their relationship?
(a) Make love.
(b) Drink.
(c) Travel.
(d) Speak with each other only as needed.

6. What does implementation F develop the ability to do?
(a) Meditate.
(b) Philosophize.
(c) Sing.
(d) Test hypotheses.

7. What does Lentz tell Richard he is doing with Helen?
(a) Projecting himself into the machine.
(b) Sublimating his losses.
(c) Falling in love.
(d) Compensating for C.

8. What does Diana call Richard's book?
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Generous.
(c) Misanthropic.
(d) Uptight.

9. What was C.'s experience of certification?
(a) A waste of time.
(b) A disaster.
(c) A mixed blessing.
(d) A life-changing event.

10. What kind of accident led the condition of Lentz's wife?
(a) A car accident.
(b) A skiing accident.
(c) A mountaineering accident.
(d) A cardiovascular accident.

11. What is the consequence of C.'s response to Richard's work?
(a) She makes herself miserable and alienates herself from her family.
(b) She loses passion for her own.
(c) She loses a competition for funding for her work.
(d) She gives up all her time for her own work.

12. What does Lentz create for implementation F?
(a) A new procedure for building future implementations.
(b) A paradigm for streamlining the time it takes for data to traverse the neural net.
(c) A new algorithm to increase the number of connections in the neural net.
(d) A new protocol for prioritizing connections in the neural net.

13. What did C's letters to Richard contain?
(a) Details about her affairs.
(b) Stories from her mother.
(c) Recipes from home.
(d) Insights into his books.

14. When did Richard's relationship with C. end?
(a) When she became pregnant by another man.
(b) When she found out that she could not have a baby with Richard.
(c) When she had her baby.
(d) When she found out that she was not in fact pregnant.

15. Where does Lentz take Richard?
(a) The house where his wife lives with another man.
(b) The long-term care facility where his wife lives.
(c) The mental hospital where his wife lives.
(d) The cemetery where his wife is buried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Philip Lentz design into implementation F to let it think recursively?

2. What does Richard's work do for C.?

3. What does Harold Plover say his daughter wanted instead of nouns?

4. What kind of trauma did Audrey suffer?

5. What does Lentz do as a result of Helen's response during his and Richard's argument?

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