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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. Where did Richard meet C.?
(a) By chance in a bookstore.
(b) At a conference where she was speaking.
(c) In a class she was teaching.
(d) In a class he was teaching.

2. What does Richard find when he accepts Diana's invitation?
(a) She wants to tell him secrets about Philip Lentz.
(b) She has children.
(c) She has a crush on him.
(d) She wants to spend time with him alone.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard do at his office night?

2. What does Richard say about the machine Philip Lentz built?

3. With whom does Richard have an encounter at the end of section IV?

4. How does Richard refer to Philip Lentz in their second meeting?

5. What change does Philip Lentz make in implementation B?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Helen start to want to see images of?

2. What is Richard's reaction as he starts to spend time on Lentz's project?

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

4. What does Richard notice during his first lunch with Lentz and the other researchers?

5. What does Helen's interpretation of 'A Poison Tree' lead Richard to think?

6. What is Helen's relationship with music?

7. What does Richard begin to use in training implementation B?

8. How does Richard Powers use flashbacks in his narrative?

9. Who is C.? Describe Richard's relationship with her.

10. How are Helen and C. parallel in their relationship with Richard?

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