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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Richard and C. live in the Netherlands?

2. Where does Lentz take Richard?

3. What does Richard's work do for C.?

4. What does implementation F develop the ability to do?

5. What does the crash of implementation E lead Philip Lentz to develop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What precedent does Helen's suicide have in the book? How has death been treated, and how is the machine's death similar to and different from other deaths we have seen?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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