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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 does Diana invite Richard to after chastising him?
(a) A bar.
(b) A walk in the woods.
(c) Dinner.
(d) The theatre.

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

3. What did C. begin to feel about Richard's writing?
(a) That it was turning her into a character of his.
(b) That it was more real than he was.
(c) That it was taking him away from her.
(d) That it was more important than anything she was doing.

4. Of what does Richard say he is afraid?
(a) Realizing his dreams.
(b) Losing his savings.
(c) Wasting his opportunities.
(d) Failing in his writing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard do at his office night?

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

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

4. For how long were Richard and C. happy together?

5. What does Richard attempt to do as he settles in to his new home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Harold Plover tell Richard about his daughters' language acquisition?

2. What is the setting of "Galatea 2.2"?

3. What work do Richard and Lentz begin together?

4. What has Lentz accomplished by the time he builds implementation F?

5. What does Richard see in Lentz's office?

6. What limitations does Richard come up against in Helen?

7. Describe the relationship between Philip Lentz and Richard.

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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