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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) Researcher.
(b) Museum guard.
(c) Programmer.
(d) Tour guide.

2. With whom does Richard have an encounter at the end of section IV?
(a) Implementation B.
(b) Philip Lentz.
(c) C.
(d) A.

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

4. What does Richard say about the machine Philip Lentz built?
(a) It replicates consciousness.
(b) It recognizes him when he returns to the room.
(c) It contained the immense distances of open space.
(d) Lentz was training it to recognize beauty.

5. About what does Diana chastise Richard?
(a) Smoking too much.
(b) Not sleeping.
(c) Drinking too much.
(d) Not eating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did C. feel when her family told her that they were moving?

2. What was Richard admitted to after he parted with C.?

3. What does Richard translate Diana's insight into?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What work do Richard and Lentz begin together?

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

6. Describe C.'s experience in her certificate program and its effect on her relationship with Richard.

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

8. Why does Richard say he was originally attracted to C.?

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

10. What was happening with Richard and C. at the time that Richard published his first book?

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