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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flying Upside Down.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the class of solids that transistors are made of?
(a) Microchips.
(b) Alloys.
(c) Plasmids.
(d) Semiconductors.

2. What is the name of the electrician that West and his wife befriend?
(a) Carl.
(b) Ahab.
(c) Jones.
(d) Bernie.

3. What do computers manipulate directly?
(a) Symbols.
(b) Governments.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Systems.

4. Where did Tom work after finishing college?
(a) AT&T.
(b) The Smithsonian.
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(d) A coffee shop.

5. What does Wallach think of North Carolina?
(a) It's not a place to bring up his wife and children.
(b) All of the above.
(c) The food is terrible.
(d) It sucks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does an engineer receive when he completes a successful project?

2. How many bits does the NOVA deal with at one time?

3. What is the suicide command?

4. What type of car does Tom West drive?

5. What is the term for getting inside a machine, learning about it, and reproducing it?

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