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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 did Richard say he got from C.?

2. Why has this person come to talk to Richard in Section II?

3. Why does Richard not take the position he is offered?

4. Who does Philip Lentz call in to watch his experiment with implementation B?

5. What did Richard and C. have to furnish their apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Philip Lentz and Diana Hartrick discussing when Richard sees them at the campus bar?

4. Why does Helen ultimately shut herself down?

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

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

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

8. How does Taylor's death affect Richard and C.'s relationship?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

When Richard meets Lentz, Lentz is experimenting with machines that can recognize beautiful music, and Helen ultimately requests music and poetry from Richard. Are Richard and Lentz asking the machines to do two different things, or are music and poetry treated as the same project?

Essay Topic 3

How realistic is this book? What parts are not believable? What leaps of faith does the author require of the reader?

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