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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard see in the photograph of Philip Lentz and his wife?

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

3. How does Philip Lentz refer to the location where Richard lived before coming to this location?

4. Where did Richard meet C.?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Helen's relationship with music?

4. What does Richard think about the lecture Lentz gives?

5. Who is Philip Lentz and how does Richard meet him?

6. Describe the relationship between Philip Lentz and Richard.

7. What is back propagation?

8. What changes with implementation H?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Lentz driven to cut into Helen, and why is Richard ultimately resigned to allow him to? Why do men have to kill, or at least pry into, the things they create and come to love?

Essay Topic 2

Richard writes a book and Diana calls it misanthropic. Is "Galatea 2.2" a misanthropic novel? If so, what is the cause of its misanthropy? If not, what is the cause of its affection for mankind?

Essay Topic 3

Richard and Helen are both creatures (in addition to the author) who live by making things with words. What are the advantages of creating worlds with words, and what are the disadvantages?

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