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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. Where does Richard see Philip Lentz?

2. What surprises Richard in his reaction to the time he spends with Diana?

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

4. What got Richard this position?

5. What does Richard do at his office night?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What changes with implementation H?

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

4. What made C. appealing to Richard when he met her?

5. What is C.'s relationship with Richard's work while he is in the Netherlands?

6. What is Lentz's success with implementation A and implementation B?

7. What were Richard and C.'s thoughts about having children?

8. What does Richard say about writing students in general?

9. Describe Richard's dinner with Diana Hartrick.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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