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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Richard see in the photograph of Philip Lentz and his wife?
(a) Worry.
(b) Torment.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Profound love.

4. Which literary term describes the story about C.?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Back-story.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Symbolism.

5. What was Richard admitted to after he parted with C.?
(a) A Ph.D. program.
(b) A teaching job.
(c) A research position.
(d) A think tank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the connection in the articles Philip Lentz gives Richard?

2. Why has this person come to talk to Richard in Section II?

3. What is Richard working on at this new appointment?

4. What does Richard conclude about Lentz's feelings about working together?

5. Where does Richard see Philip Lentz?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Richard and Lentz differ in their approaches to the project?

2. Describe the relationship between Philip Lentz and Richard.

3. What does Richard feel about himself and about his writing while Lentz is redesigning implementation B?

4. Why does Helen ultimately shut herself down?

5. Who is A., and what is Richard's relationship with her?

6. Who is the main character, and what is he doing as the book begins?

7. What were Richard and C.'s thoughts about having children?

8. What does Richard say about writing students in general?

9. What are Richard's feelings about Diana Hartrick's children?

10. What debate do Richard and Lentz have over Helen in the beginning of section X?

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