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

2. How does Richard describe his relationship with C.?
(a) They were alone in each other's company.
(b) They never really connected.
(c) They merged into being one person.
(d) They became each other's best friends and worst enemies.

3. How does Philip Lentz refer to the location where Richard lived before coming to this location?
(a) The center of the world.
(b) An obscure colony.
(c) A negligible nation.
(d) A powerful intellectual center.

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

5. Who is Diana?
(a) Philip Lentz's research assistant.
(b) Philip Lentz's lover.
(c) Richard's lover.
(d) The person answering the questions for implementation C.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richard describe the pathways in the neural net in back propagation?

2. How long was Richard with C.?

3. When does Richard recall parting with C.?

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

5. What did Richard say he got from C.?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Richard think about the stories he wrote while he was with C.?

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

3. Describe the difference between Richard and C.'s letters to each other when C. goes to Europe ahead of Richard.

4. What does Richard feel about participating in Lentz's project?

5. Describe Taylor's death and its importance to Richard.

6. Describe Richard's dinner with Diana Hartrick.

7. What is back propagation?

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

9. What is Helen's relationship with music?

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

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